Frequency of eosinophilia and risk factors and their association with Toxocara infection in schoolchildren during a health survey in the North of Lima, Peru

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 273-278

  Roldán, William H ^a,b   Espinoza, Yrma A ^a   Atúncar, Arturo ^b   Ortega, Emperatriz ^b   Martinez, América ^b   Saravia, Melissa ^b  

^a Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

Author keywords

ELISA; Eosinophilia; Risk factors; Toxocara; Toxocariasis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTESTINE PARASITE; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERU; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; TOXOCARIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; CATS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHILIA; FECES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; PERU; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARIASIS;

EID: 56049121744     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652008000500005     Document Type: Article

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