Seroprevalence of Toxocara infection in children from southern Brazil

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 537-539

  Schoenardie, Elizandra R ^a   Scaini, Carlos J ^a   Brod, Claudiomar S ^b   Pepe, Michele S ^a   Villela, Marcos M ^a   McBride, Alan J A ^c   Borsuk, Sibele ^d   Berne, Maria E A ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^c Departamento de Microbiologia e Parasitologia   (Brazil)

^d Centro de Desenvolvimento Tecnológico Núcleo de Biotecnologia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; CHILD HEALTH; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LARVA; SAMPLING;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROPREVALENCE; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS; VISCERAL LARVA MIGRANS SYNDROME; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; ODDS RATIO; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS;

BRAZIL; RIO GRANDE DO SUL;

TOXOCARA; TOXOCARA CANIS;

EID: 84878745145     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: 19372345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-3182     Document Type: Article

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