Human toxocariasis: Contribution by Brazilian researchers

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 301-308

  Chieffi, Pedro Paulo ^a,b   Dos Santos, Sérgio Vieira ^a   De Queiroz, Maisa Leite ^a,b   Zevallos Lescano, Susana A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FACULDADE DE CIÊNCIAS MÉDICAS DA SANTA CASA DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Toxocara; Toxocara canis; Visceral and ocular larva migrans

Indexed keywords

3 [3 TERT BUTYLTHIO 1 (4 CHLOROBENZYL) 5 ISOPROPYL 2 INDOLYL] 2,2 DIMETHYLPROPIONIC ACID; BETAMETHASONE; CYCLOSPORIN A; EOTAXIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; HELMINTH ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 6; IVERMECTIN; MEBENDAZOLE; RANTES; TIABENDAZOLE;

ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; BRAIN INFECTION; BRAZIL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE MODEL; DOG DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHILIA; EYE INFECTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INFECTION RATE; LARVA MIGRANS; LEUKOCYTE MIGRATION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PNEUMONIA; PYOMYOSITIS; REVIEW; SERODIAGNOSIS; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS; TROPICAL MEDICINE; ANIMAL; DOG; MOUSE; PERSONNEL; STATISTICS; VISCERAL LARVA MIGRANS SYNDROME;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; BRAZIL; DOGS; HUMANS; LARVA MIGRANS, VISCERAL; MICE; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; TOXOCARIASIS;

EID: 85047684835     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652009000600001     Document Type: Review

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