Seroprevalence of Toxocara canis infection among children in Swaziland, southern Africa

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 73-80

  Liao, C W ^a   Sukati, H ^b   D'lamini, P ^c   Chou, C M ^a   Liu, Y H ^a   Huang, Y C ^a   Chung, M H ^a   Mtsetfwa, J S ^b   Jonato, J ^b   Chiu, W T ^a   Chang, P W S ^a   Du, W Y ^a   Chan, H C ^d   Chu, T B ^e   Cheng, H C ^f   Su, W W ^a   Tu, C C ^a   C Y Cheng, ^a   Fan, C K ^a,g  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b National Blood Programme   (Swaziland)

^c Ministry of Health and Social Welfare   (Swaziland)

^d FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e Sacred Heart Girls High School   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g Taiwan Medical Mission in Kingdom of Swaziland   (Swaziland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWAZILAND; TOXOCARIASIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS REACTIONS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; POVERTY AREAS; SANITATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SWAZILAND; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS; URBAN POPULATION;

TOXOCARA CANIS;

EID: 77949473240     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: 13648594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485910X12607012373795     Document Type: Article

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