Seroprevalence of toxocariasis in children and a case of VLM.
An epidemiological study on toxocariasis in children was carried out at our hospital (Madrid, Spain) in relation with a case of toxocariasis in a child with chronic hypereosinophilia. The study was based on a positive result of the ELISA test, using excretory-secretory antigen from Toxocara canis. The seroprevalence in children was 1%.
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Department of Microbiology, La Paz Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
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D000818:Animals; D000909:Antibodies, Helminth / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007816:Larva Migrans, Visceral / Q000276:immunology* / Q000469:parasitology*; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D014119:Toxocara / Q000276:immunology*
D000909:Antibodies, Helminth