Seroprevalence of toxocariasis in Lebanon: A pilot study

Parasitology

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 635-639

  Kanafani, Z A ^a   Skoury, A ^a   Araj, G F ^a   El Khoury, M ^a   Sawaya, R A ^a   Atweh, S F ^a   Kanj, S S ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

ELISA; Lebanon; Seroprevalence; Toxocara; Western blot

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LEBANON; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; TOXOCARIASIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATS; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEBANON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PILOT PROJECTS; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS;

TOXOCARA;

EID: 33645998137     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182005009637     Document Type: Article

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