Frequency of antibodies to Toxocara in Cuban schoolchildren

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 711-714

  Sariego, I ^a   Kanobana, K ^b   Junco, R ^c   Vereecken, K ^b   Nunez F A ^a   Polman, K ^b   Bonet, M ^c   Rojas, L ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL PEDRO KOURÍ   (Cuba)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE HIGIENE   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Antibody; Cuba; Enzyme linked immunosorbent assays; Prevalence; Toxocara; Toxocariasis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY;

AGE CLASS; ANTIBODY; CANID; CHILD HEALTH; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RISK; IMMUNOASSAY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEMATODE; PARASITE; PARASITE INFESTATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POLICY MAKING; PROTOZOAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CUBA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENDER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HELMINTH; HUMAN; INTESTINE PARASITE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MIXED INFECTION; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOON; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COINFECTION; CUBA; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS;

CUBA;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; PROTOZOA; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARA CANIS; VERMES;

EID: 84861674945     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2012.02996.x     Document Type: Article

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