Anti-Toxocara spp. antibodies in an adult healthy population: Serosurvey and risk factors in Southeast Brazil

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 211-216

  Negri, Elaine Cristina ^a   Santarém, Vamilton Alvares ^a   Rubinsky Elefant, Guita ^b   Giuffrida, Rogério ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO OESTE PAULISTA UNOESTE   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diagnostic; Epidemiology; Larva migrans; Seroprevalence; Toxocariasis

Indexed keywords

HELMINTH ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD DONOR; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TOXOCARIASIS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; TOXOCARA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; BRAZIL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARIASIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873872012     PISSN: 22211691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2221-1691(13)60052-0     Document Type: Article

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