Human Toxocarosis. Its Seroprevalence in the City of La Plata

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 281-285

  Radman, N E ^a   Archelli, S M ^a   Fonrouge, R D ^a   Del V Guardis, M ^a   Linzitto, O R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; La Plata; Seroprevalence; Toxocarosis

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS; TOXOCARA CANIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; RISK FACTOR; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS;

EID: 0034183495     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762000000300001     Document Type: Article

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