Human toxocariasis: Frequency of anti-Toxocara antibodies in children and adolescents from an outpatient clinic for lymphatic filariasis in Recife, Northeast Brazil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 81-85

  Aguiar Santos, Ana Maria ^a   Andrade, Luiz D ^a   Medeiros, Zulma ^b   Chieffi, Pedro Paulo ^c   Lescano, Suzana Z ^c   Perez, Emília P ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anti Toxocara antibodies; Eosinophilia; Toxocara canis; Toxocariasis; Visceral larva migrans; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; GENDER; HELMINTH; HUMAN; INTESTINE PARASITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROFILARIA; NONHUMAN; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREVALENCE; TOXOCARIASIS; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 2342515254     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652004000200005     Document Type: Article

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