Prevalence of infection by Toxocara in schoolchildren in the community of El Moján, Zulia state, Venezuela;Prevalencia de infección por Toxocara en pre-escolares de una comunidad educativa de El Moján, estado Zulia, Venezuela. Resultados preliminares

Investigacion Clinica

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 347-354

  García Pedrique, María Eugenia ^a   Díaz Suárez, Odelis ^b   Estévez, Jesús ^d   Cheng Ng, Rosita ^d   Araujo Fernández, Merle ^a   Castellano, José ^b   Araujo, José ^a   Cabrera, Lilibeth ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA   (Venezuela)

^c FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS VETERINARIAS   (Venezuela)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Prevalence; Schoolchildren; Toxocariasis

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS; VENEZUELA;

EID: 10644245162     PISSN: 05355133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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