Prevalence of Toxocara infection in schoolchildren from the Butantã region, São Paulo, Brazil

Prevalence of Toxocara infection in schoolchildren from the Butantã region, São Paulo, Brazil

Visceral larva migrans syndrome by Toxocara affects mainly children between 2 and 5 years of age, it is generally asymptomatic, and the seroprevalence varies from 3 to 86% in different countries. A total of 399 schoolchildren from 14 public schools of the Butantã region, São Paulo city, Brazil, were...

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Main Authors: Jussara MS Alderete, Cristina MA Jacob, Antonio C Pastorino, Guita R Elefant, Ana PM Castro, Angela BF Fomin, Pedro P Chieffi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2003-07-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Subjects:
Toxocara
seroprevalence
schoolchildren
São Paulo
Brazil
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762003000500002

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