Seroprevalence of toxocariasis among Orang Asli (Indigenous people) in Malaysia using two immunoassays

Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 585-594

  Romano, N ^a   Nor Azah, M O ^a   Rahmah, N ^b   Lim, Y A L ^a   Rohela, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELMINTH ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALAYSIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALAYSIA; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION GROUPS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARIASIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650771128     PISSN: 01275720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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