Frequency and risk factors for toxocariasis in children from a pediatric outpatient center in Southeastern Brazil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 251-255

  Teixeira, Cristiane Rodrigues ^a   Chieffi, Pedro Paulo ^b   Lescano, Suzana A Z ^b   Silva, Elisabete Ourique De Melo ^b   Fux, Blima ^c   Cury, Márcia Cristina ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Risk factors; Toxocara canis; Toxocariasis

Indexed keywords

HELMINTH ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANEMIA; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CAT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOG; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTPATIENT; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; STOMACH PAIN; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARIASIS;

EID: 33750737004     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652006000500003     Document Type: Article

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