title: [Antibodies against Toxocara canis in human serum from western Sicily].
abstract: 335 human sera of western Sicily were examined with an ELISA method for the prevalence of antibodies anti-Toxocara canis. The results (13% pos. in psychiatric patients,9.4% in farmers, 1.9% in children and 1.2% in blood donors) seem to indicate a strong correlation between style of life and infestation risk.
authors.affiliation: Cattedra di Patologia Speciale Medica e Metodologia Clinica, Università degli Studi di Palermo.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Di Fiore
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Virga
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Usticano
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Di Rosa
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Rini
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000382:Agricultural Workers' Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D000818:Animals; D000909:Antibodies, Helminth / Q000097:blood*; D001782:Blood Donors; D002648:Child; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000032:analysis; D007297:Inpatients; D007816:Larva Migrans, Visceral / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology; D008019:Life Style; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000150:complications; D012307:Risk Factors; D012802:Sicily / Q000453:epidemiology; D014119:Toxocara / Q000254:growth & development / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000909:Antibodies, Helminth; D007074:Immunoglobulin G
vernacular_title: Anticorpi anti-Toxocara canis in sieri umani della Sicilia occidentale.