Prevalence of Toxocara infection in schoolchildren from the Butantã region, São Paulo, Brazil

Visceral larva migrans syndrome by Toxocara affects mainly children between 2 and 5 years of age, it is generally asymptomatic, and the seroprevalence varies from 3 to 86% in different countries. A total of 399 schoolchildren from 14 public schools of the Butantã region, São Paulo city, Brazil, were...

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Main Authors: Jussara MS Alderete, Cristina MA Jacob, Antonio C Pastorino, Guita R Elefant, Ana PM Castro, Angela BF Fomin, Pedro P Chieffi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2003-07-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762003000500002