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Serological evidence of toxocariasis in patients from Spain with a clinical suspicion of visceral larva migrans

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

S. Fenoy ,
C. Cuéllar  and
J.L. Guillén
S. Fenoy
Affiliation:
Facultad de CC. Experimentales y Técnicas, Universidad San Pablo CEU, Boadilla del Monte, 28660 Madrid, Spain:
C. Cuéllar
Affiliation:
Departamento de Parasitologia, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, Spain
J.L. Guillén
Affiliation:
Departamento de Parasitologia, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Abstract

Sera from patients with clinical characteristics of toxocariasis were assayed using the ELISA method and larval excretory-secretory antigen. Four hundred and seven samples of Toxocara serology were received at the laboratory of ‘Ciudad Sanitaria Juan Canalejo’ Hospital of Corunna, Spain, from 1984 to 1989. Of these, 30 were from adults, 332 from children and 45 from patients of unknown age, resulting in Toxocara seroprevalences of 23.3%, 32.8% and 17.7% respectively. The reasons for these serological differences in the rural and urban areas of Galicia, Spain are discussed.

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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 71 , Issue 1 , March 1997 , pp. 9 - 12
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1997

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