Toxocara seroprevalence in adults with bronchial asthma

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 270-274

  Kustimur, Semra ^a   Dogruman Al, Funda ^a   Oguzulgen, Kivilcim ^a   Bakir, Hatice ^a   Maral, Isil ^a   Turktas, Haluk ^a   Tuzun, Hakan ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Asthma; ELISA; Seroprevalence; Toxocariasis; Turkey

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARIASIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SKIN TESTS; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARIASIS;

TOXOCARA;

EID: 33845952784     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2006.08.013     Document Type: Article

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