Seroprevalence and risk factors for Toxocara infection in children from an urban large setting in Northeast Brazil

Acta Tropica

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 90-95

  Mendonça, Lívia R ^a   Figueiredo, Camila A ^a   Esquivel, Renata ^b,c   Fiaccone, Rosemeire L ^a,c   Pontes de Carvalho, Lain ^d   Cooper, Phillip ^e,f,g   Barreto, Maurício L ^a,g   Alcantara Neves, Neuza M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b Servico Nacional de Aprendizagem Industrial   (Brazil)

^c Fundação Oswaldo Cruz ^*  (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSIDAD SAN FRANCISCO DE QUITO   (Ecuador)

^f LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^g PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Children; Risk factors; Seroprevalence; Toxocara infection

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH RISK; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOASSAY; PARASITIC DISEASE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BRAZIL; CAT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EDUCATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROPREVALENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARIASIS; URBAN AREA; VISCERAL LARVA MIGRANS SYNDROME;

BRAZIL;

ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CANIS FAMILIARIS; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARA CANIS;

CHILDREN; RISK FACTORS; SEROPREVALENCE; TOXOCARA INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; BRAZIL; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOXOCARIASIS; URBAN POPULATION; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84883743074     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2013.06.018     Document Type: Article

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