Prevalence and risk factors associated with toxocara canis infection in children

The Scientific World Journal

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Romero Núñez, Camilo ^a   Mendoza Martínez, Germán David ^b   Yañez Arteaga, Selene ^b   Ponce Macotela, Martha ^c   Bustamante Montes, Patricia ^a   Ramírez Durán, Ninfa ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA METROPOLITANA   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROPREVALENCE; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; COMORBIDITY; DOG; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEXICO; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARA CANIS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; DOGS; FEMALE; HAND DISINFECTION; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEXICO; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS;

EID: 84879286205     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/572089     Document Type: Article

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