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Seroprevalence of toxocariasis in children and a case of VLM

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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 fromToxocara canis. The seroprevalence in children was 1%.

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Abbreviations

ES:

excretory-secretory

VLM:

visceral larva migrans

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  1. Department of Microbiology, La Paz Hospital, Castellana 261, E-28046, Madrid, Spain

    A. Guerra & C. Ladrón de Guevara

  2. Department of Pediatrics, La Paz Hospital, Madrid, Spain

    C. Navarro

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Guerra, A., Navarro, C. & de Guevara, C.L. Seroprevalence of toxocariasis in children and a case of VLM. Eur J Epidemiol 11, 701–702 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01720306

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