Human toxocarosis. Its seroprevalence in the City of La Plata

Human toxocarosis. Its seroprevalence in the City of La Plata

Toxocara canis is very common in dogs throughout the world. It is the primary cause of visceral larva migrans (VLM) in humans. Soil contaminated with T. canis embryonated eggs is the main source of infection of man. Our objective was to describe Toxocara seroprevalence in humans in the city of La Pl...

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Main Authors: NE Radman, SM Archelli, RD Fonrouge, M del V Guardis, OR Linzitto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2000-06-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Subjects:
toxocarosis
seroprevalence
La Plata
Argentina
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762000000300001

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