Prevalence of Toxocara Infection in Schoolchildren from the Butantã Region, São Paulo, Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 593-597

  Alderete, Jussara M S ^a   Jacob, Cristina M A ^a   Pastorino, Antonio C ^a   Elefant, Guita R ^a   Castro, Ana P M ^a   Fomin, Angela B F ^a   Chieffi, Pedro P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; S o Paulo; Schoolchildren; Seroprevalence; Toxocara

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD FILTER; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HABIT; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALARY; SAMPLE SIZE; SEROPREVALENCE; SOIL POLLUTANT; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS; VISCERAL LARVA MIGRANS SYNDROME; WHEEZING; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BRAZIL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOIL; TOXOCARA; URBAN POPULATION;

CANIS; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARA CANIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOIL; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARIASIS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0142197128     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762003000500002     Document Type: Article

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