Seroprevalence of Toxocara canis infection among asymptomatic children with eosinophilia in Croatia

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 369-371

  Sviben, M ^a   Cavlek T V ^a   Missoni, E M ^a   Galinovic G M ^a  

^a CROATIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROATIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; CROATIA; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS;

TOXOCARA CANIS;

EID: 77949657233     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022149X09381213     Document Type: Article

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