title: Seroprevalence of Toxocara infection in young children in the city of The Hague.
abstract: A group of 234 pupils aged 3-6 years in the city of The Hague was examined for Toxocara seropositivity using the ELISA in the period September 1987 to January 1988. The average seroprevalence of 11,0% was higher than the result of a comparable Dutch investigation (7,1%) in 1976.
authors.affiliation: Municipal Department of Community Medicine, The Hague, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Van Gemund
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Buijs
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Van Dongen
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Van den Bergh
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004285:Dogs; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014119:Toxocara / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014120:Toxocariasis / Q000453:epidemiology*