Human Toxocariasis: A Seroepidemiological survey in the Amazonian city of Yurimaguas, Peru

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-42

  Roldán, William H ^a,b   Cavero, Yuri A ^b   Espinoza, Yrma A ^a,b   Jiménez, Susana ^a   Gutiérrez, César A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

^b Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos   (Peru)

Author keywords

ELISA; Epidemiology; Peru; Survey; Toxocariasis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EYE DISCOMFORT; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEADACHE; HELMINTH; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INFANT; INFESTATION; INTESTINE PARASITE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERU; PICA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SANITATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROLOGY; SKIN DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TOXOCARIASIS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; PERU; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARIASIS;

EID: 77949739936     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652010000100006     Document Type: Article

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