Larval toxocariasis and its clinical manifestation in childhood in the Slovak Republic

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 323-328

  Kincekova J ^a   Reiterova K ^a   Dubinsky P ^a  

^a PARASITOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHILD; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOG; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHILIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LARVA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SLOVAKIA; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARIASIS; ZOONOSIS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; NEMATODA; TOXOCARA;

EID: 0343049155     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0022149x99000530     Document Type: Article

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