Toxocara canis infection is associated with eosinophilia and total IgE in blood donors from a large Brazilian centre;Communication brève: L'infection à Toxocara canis est associée à une éosinophilie et à des IgE totales chez les donneurs de sang d'un grand centre brésilien

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 514-517

  Dattoli, V C C ^a   Freire, S M ^b   Mendonca L R ^b   Santos, P C ^b   Meyer, R ^b   Alcantara Neves, N M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ACRE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blood donors; Eosinophilia; Prevalence; Total IgE; Toxocara canis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY; CELL ORGANELLE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITIC DISEASE; STATE ROLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; TOXOCARIASIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD DONORS; BRAZIL; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS;

BRAZIL;

TOXOCARA CANIS; VERMES;

EID: 79952742834     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02719.x     Document Type: Article

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