Environmental and personal risk factors for toxocariasis in children with diagnosed disease in urban and rural areas of central Poland

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 155, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 217-222

  Gawor, Jakub ^a   Borecka, Anna ^a   Zarnowska, Hanna ^b   Marczyńska, Magdalena ^b   Dobosz, Sabina ^b  

^a W STEFA SKI INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Poland; Soil samples; Toxocara spp.; Toxocariasis; Urban and rural environment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOGENESIS; POLAND; REINFECTION; RURAL AREA; SOIL POLLUTION; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARIASIS; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; POLAND; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SILICON DIOXIDE; SOIL; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARIASIS; URBAN POPULATION;

TOXOCARA;

EID: 47049103251     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.05.016     Document Type: Article

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