Seroprevalence of toxocariasis in hypereosinophilic individuals in Ahwaz, south-western Iran

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 241-244

  Maraghi, S ^a   Rafiei, A ^a   Hajihossein, R ^a   Sadjjadi, S M ^b  

^a AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; HYPEREOSINOPHILIA; INFANT; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROPREVALENCE; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARIASIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARIASIS; YOUNG ADULT;

TOXOCARA;

EID: 84861079486     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: 14752697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022149X11000307     Document Type: Conference Paper

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