Seroprevalence and risk factors for canine toxocariasis by detection of specific IgG as a marker of infection in dogs from Salvador, Brazil

Acta Tropica

Volumn 120, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 46-51

  Regis, Sabynne Christina Silva ^a   Mendonça, Lívia Ribeiro ^a   Silva, Nairléia dos Santos ^a   Dattoli, Vitor Camilo Cavalcante ^a   Alcântara Neves, Neuza Maria ^a   Barrouin Melo, Stella Maria ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dogs; Excretory secretory larvae antigen; IgG seroprevalence; Infection; Risk factors; Toxocara canis

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; HEPATITIS VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; LEPTOSPIROSIS VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; PARAINFLUENZA VACCINE; RABIES VACCINE; VIRUS VACCINE;

BIOMARKER; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TREATMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MAMMAL; RISK FACTOR; TESTING METHOD; VACCINATION;

ADENOVIRUS INFECTION; ANIMAL CARE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; BREED; CANINE DISTEMPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HABITAT; HELMINTHIASIS; HEPATITIS; LARVA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS INFECTION; PARVOVIRUS INFECTION; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RABIES; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; BRAZIL; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LARVA MIGRANS, VISCERAL; MALE; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOCARA CANIS; ZOONOSES;

BAHIA; BRAZIL; SALVADOR;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; TOXOCARA CANIS;

EID: 80052089689     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2011.05.011     Document Type: Article

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