Environmental contamination by Toxocara spp. eggs in a rural settlement in Brazil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 279-281

  Santarém, Vamilton Alvares ^a   Franco, Elisabeth Da Cunha ^c   Kozuki, Fernanda Torres ^c   Fini, Danila ^c   Prestes Carneiro, Luiz Euribel ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO OESTE PAULISTA UNOESTE   (Brazil)

^b Unoeste

^c Hospital Veterinário Unoeste ^*

Author keywords

Larva migrans; Rural community; Soil contamination; Toxocariasis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; LARVA; NONHUMAN; RURAL POPULATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARIASIS;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CATS; DOGS; HUMANS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; SOIL; TOXOCARA;

EID: 56049089044     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652008000500006     Document Type: Article

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