Sero-epidemiology of toxocariasis in a rural settlement in São Paulo state, Brazil

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 347-356

  Prestes Carneiro, L E ^a   Santarem V ^a   Zago, S C S ^a   Miguel, N A ^a   Zambelli, S D F ^a   Villas, R ^a   Vaz, A J ^b   Rubinsky Elefant, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO OESTE PAULISTA UNOESTE   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BRAZIL; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHILIA; ERYTHROCYTE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TOXOCARIASIS; TURBIDIMETRY;

TOXOCARA; TOXOCARA CANIS;

EID: 45849111842     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485908X278801     Document Type: Article

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