Human toxocariasis: a seroepidemiological survey in the municipality of Campinas (SP), Brazil

• Main Authors: Francisco ANARUMA FILHO, Pedro Paulo CHIEFFI, Carlos Roberto Silveira CORREA, Eide Dias CAMARGO, Edilene P. Real da SILVEIRA, Joana José Brandão ARANHA, Manoel Carlos S. Almeida RIBEIRO
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2002
• Subjects: Human toxocariasis; Toxocara canis; Frequency of infection; Risk factors; Campinas (SP); Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Marcos
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/cb7343baee2645f6861d0bec86811cb7

The occurrence of human Toxocara infection was evaluated in three neighborhoods of the periphery of the Campinas municipality (Jardim Santa Mônica, Jardim São Marcos and Jardim Campineiro) in 1999. Forty residences and 138 residents were randomly selected by drawing lots and were submitted to a sero...