Seroprevalence of human toxocariasis in andean communities from the Northeast of Lima, Peru

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-36

  Espinoza, Yrma A ^a   Huapaya, Pedro E ^a,b   Roldán, William H ^a   Jiménez, Susana ^a   Abanto, Enma P ^a   Rojas, Carlos A ^a   Cavero, Yuri A ^a   Gutiérrez, César A ^a  

^a Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos   (Peru)

^b Edificio Las Terrazas   (Peru)

Author keywords

Andean communities; Peru; Risk factors; Seroprevalence; Toxocariasis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EYE DISEASE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUPS BY AGE; HEPATOMEGALY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOASSAY; INFESTATION; INTESTINE PARASITE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PARASITOLOGY; PERU; PET ANIMAL; PICA; POPULATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SANITATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROPREVALENCE; SKIN DISEASE; TOXOCARIASIS;

EID: 77949691196     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652010000100005     Document Type: Article

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