Human and dogs Toxocara canis infection in a poor neighborhood in Bogota.
Prevalence of Toxocara canis antibodies was studied in a poor community of Bogotá, Colombia. Two-hundred-seven patients, from both sexes and all age groups, were studied. Positive ELISA titers were found in 47.5% of the population, a high prevalence compared with reports from developed countries. T. canis ova were positive in 43.6% of fecal samples from dog puppies. An endemic pattern of the disease is described: socioeconomic status, weather, pollution, poor hygiene and a significant population of infected dogs. Neither the physical examination nor ELISA titers could detect any case of T. canis disease.
Agudelo
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Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Facultad de Medicina, Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Bogotá, Colombia.
Villareal
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Cáceres
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López
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Eljach
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Ramírez
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Hernández
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Corredor
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D000909:Antibodies, Helminth / Q000032:analysis; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003105:Colombia / Q000453:epidemiology; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007816:Larva Migrans, Visceral / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011204:Poverty Areas; D015995:Prevalence; D011897:Random Allocation; D014119:Toxocara / Q000276:immunology
D000909:Antibodies, Helminth