ArticleParasitology research1993
Comparable seropositivity for ascariasis and toxocariasis in tropical slum children.
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- Seroprevalence of human toxocariasis in Latin America and the Caribbean: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2023Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of Toxocariasis: A Neglected But High-Prevalence Disease in Brazil.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2016Pooled it
- Serological diagnosis of soil-transmitted helminth (Ascaris, Trichuris and hookworm) infections: A scoping review.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024Article
- Helminth Infections and Cardiovascular Diseases: Toxocara Species is Contributing to the Disease.Current cardiology reviews · 2017Review
- A Phosphorylcholine-Containing Glycolipid-like Antigen Present on the Surface of Infective Stage Larvae of Ascaris spp. Is a Major Antibody Target in Infected Pigs and Humans.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2016Article
- Seroepidemiology of human Toxocara and Ascaris infections in the Netherlands.Parasitology research · 2016Article
- Community Rates of IgG4 Antibodies to Ascaris Haemoglobin Reflect Changes in Community Egg Loads Following Mass Drug Administration.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2016Article
- Seropositivity for ascariosis and toxocariosis and cytokine expression among the indigenous people in the Venezuelan Delta region.Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao PauloArticle
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Abstract
The seropositivities for infection by Ascaris lumbricoides and Toxocara canis were determined in children (1-15 years old) of a slum area of Caracas, Venezuela, and the levels that indicate the presence of active infection were defined. In children aged from 1 to 3 years, approximately 10% were positive for either parasite, and this figure increased to about 30% in 4- to 6-year-olds. For toxocariasis, the percentage of positivity remained at this level up to the age of 15 years. Whilst the positivity in children 10-15 years of age was comparable for Ascaris and Toxocara, a peak of positivity (50%) was found for Ascaris at 7-9 years of age. These results indicate that for these urban slum children, infection by Toxocara is essentially as common as that by Ascaris and, thus, that toxocariasis represents a potential public health problem in the tropical environment that is largely overlooked.
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