The diagnosis of Toxocara infestations and of human toxocarosis;Die diagnostik der Toxocara-infestationen und der toxokarose des menschen

LaboratoriumsMedizin

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-12

  Auer, Herbert ^a   Aspöck, Horst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cerebral toxocarosis; Clinical aspects; Common toxocarosis; Covert toxocarosis; Diagnosis; Epidemiology; Larva migrans visceralis syndrome; Ocular Larva migrans syndrome; Pathogenesis; T. cati; Therapy; Toxocara canis; Toxocarosis

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; BENZIMIDAZOLE; CORTICOSTEROID; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; IVERMECTIN;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; INFESTATION; INTESTINE FLORA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SERODIAGNOSIS; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARA CATI; TOXOCARIASIS; VISCERAL LARVA MIGRANS SYNDROME; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ASCARIDIDAE; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARA CATI; VERMES;

EID: 33644968208     PISSN: 03423026     EISSN: 14390477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JLM.2006.001     Document Type: Review

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