Seroprevalence of Toxocara infection in young children in the city of The Hague.
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.
Van Gemund
J J
JJ
Municipal Department of Community Medicine, The Hague, The Netherlands.
Buijs
J
J
Van Dongen
P A
PA
Van den Bergh
J P
JP
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*