Seroprevalence of Toxocara infection in children and environmental contamination of urban areas in Paraná State, Brazil

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 440-445

  Mattia, S ^a   Colli, C M ^a   Adami, C M ^a   Guilherme, G F ^a   Nishi, L ^a   Rubinsky Elefant, G ^a   Marchioro, A A ^a   Gomes, M L ^a   Falavigna Guilherme, A L ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; CAT; CHILD; DOG; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; FEVER; GRASS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SAMPLING; SAND; SCHOOL CHILD; SEDIMENTATION; SEROPREVALENCE; SOIL ANALYSIS; THORAX PAIN; TOXOCARIASIS; URBAN AREA; WHEEZING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SOIL; TOXASCARIASIS; TOXOCARA; URBAN POPULATION;

TOXOCARA;

EID: 84865779881     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: 14752697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022149X11000666     Document Type: Article

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