Frequency of Toxocara infection in children attended by the health public service of Maringá, South Brazil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 343-348

  Paludo, Márcia L ^a   Falavigna, Dina L M ^a   Elefant, Guita R ^b   Gomes, Mônica L ^a   Baggio, Magda L M ^c   Amadei, Luciano B ^c   Falavigna Guilherme, Ana Lúcia ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Hospital Municipal de Maringá   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Children; Public service; Risk factors; Seroprevalence; Toxocara spp.

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DAY CARE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; MORBIDITY; PARASITISM; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS;

EID: 37849039874     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0036-46652007000600002     Document Type: Article

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