Seroepidemiology of Toxocara canis infection among mountain aboriginal adults in Taiwan

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 216-221

  Fan, Chia Kwung ^a,b   Lan, Hung Shue ^a   Hung, Chien Ching ^c   Chung, Wen Cheng ^b   Liao, Chien Wei ^d   Du, Wen Yuan ^a   Su, Kua Eyre ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ABORIGINE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFECTION RISK; LIVER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEROLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAIWAN; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS;

CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; NEMATODA; SUS SCROFA; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARA CANIS;

EID: 4243061717     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2004.71.216     Document Type: Article

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