Human toxocariasis: Incidence among residents in the outskirts of Campinas, State of São Paulo, Brazil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 293-294

  Anaruma Filho, Francisco ^d   Chieffi, Pedro Paulo ^a   Correa, Carlos Roberto S ^b   Camargo, Eide Dias ^c   Real Da Silveira, Edilene P ^c   Aranha, Joana José B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^d Instituto Adolfo Lutz ^*

Author keywords

Campinas, SP, Brazil; ELISA; Human toxocariasis; Incidence; Toxocara canis

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; CHILD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SEROCONVERSION; SERODIAGNOSIS; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARIASIS;

EID: 0242641950     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652003000500010     Document Type: Article

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