Environmental and serological evidence for the presence of toxocariasis in the urban area of Ancona, Italy

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1023-1026

  Giacometti, A ^a   Cirioni, O ^a   Fortuna, M ^a   Osimani, P ^b   Antonicelli, L ^c   Del Prete, M S ^a   Riva, A ^a   D'errico, M M ^a   Petrelli, E ^d   Scalise, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b G Salesi Academic Hospital   (Italy)

^c Azienda Ospedaliera Umberto I   (Italy)

^d SAN SALVATORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Playgrounds; Seroprevalence; Soil; Toxocara spp. eggs

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFANT; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLLUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SOIL POLLUTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARIASIS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SOIL; TOXOCARIASIS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0034583582     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010853124085     Document Type: Article

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