title: Toxocara canis and chronic urticaria in Egyptian patients.
abstract: Toxocariasis is a common parasitic condition present all over the world with high seroprevalence rates even among asymptomatic individuals. Recent diagnostic techniques have revealed a wider scope of clinical syndromes due to toxocariasis including dermatological disorders and particularly urticaria. The patients with chronic urticaria were enrolled for serological toxocariasis investigations. The results pointed to a possible role of T. canis in-ection in chronic urticaria patients, especially those exposed to an increased risk of environmental exposure to toxocariasis.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Parasitology and Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
authors.forename: Mousa A M
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Ismail
authors.forename: Osama
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Khalafallah
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000909:Antibodies, Helminth / Q000097:blood*; D004534:Egypt / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D017166:Toxocara canis / Q000276:immunology*; D014120:Toxocariasis / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014581:Urticaria / Q000209:etiology / Q000469:parasitology
chemical_list: D000909:Antibodies, Helminth