Toxocara and ascaris seropositivity among patients suspected of visceral and ocular larva migrans in the Netherlands: Trends from 1998 to 2009

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 873-879

  Pinelli, E ^a   Herremans, T ^a   Harms, M G ^a   Hoek, D ^a   Kortbeek, L M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCARIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARVA MIGRANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; OCULAR LARVA MIGRANS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; TOXOCARA; VISCERAL LARVA MIGRANS SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ASCARIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LARVA MIGRANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOCARA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051667966     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-011-1170-9     Document Type: Article

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