Clinical and serological evidence of Toxocara infection in school children from Morrope district, Lambayeque, Peru

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 101-105

  Espinoza, Yrma A ^a,d   Huapaya, Pedro H ^a   Roldán, William H ^a   Jiménez, Susana ^a   Arce, Zhandra ^b   Lopez, Elmer ^c  

^a Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos   (Peru)

^b DISA Chiclayo   (Peru)

^c Hospital Docente Las Mercedes   (Peru)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

Author keywords

Children; ELISA test; Frequency; Toxocariasis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; ENTAMOEBA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; PERU; SEROLOGY; TOXOCARIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; CATS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; PERU; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARIASIS;

EID: 44349091604     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652008000200007     Document Type: Article

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