Visceral larva migrans in seven members of one family in Trinidad.
The occurrence of the first seven cases of visceral larva migrans in Trinidad and Tobago is described. All cases occurred in children of the same family. The ELISA test was used to confirm the clinical diagnosis.
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Department of Child Health, University of the West Indies, Port of Spain, Trinidad.
Tikasingh
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D001788:Blood Grouping and Crossmatching; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000592:standards; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000209:etiology; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006529:Hepatomegaly; D006801:Humans; D007816:Larva Migrans, Visceral / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D010842:Pica / Q000150:complications; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013029:Space-Time Clustering; D014300:Trinidad and Tobago / Q000453:epidemiology