Occupational and domiciliary contact with dogs as factors of risk to human infection with Toxocara larvae

The contact with dogs at home or place of work has been investigated as factors of risk in the occurrence of the visceral larva migrans syndrome caused by Toxocara, in man. Through the E.L.I.S.A. (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) technique, the presence of antibodies to Toxocara was searched in th...

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Main Authors: Pedro Paulo Chieffi, Mirthes Ueda, Eide Dias Camargo, Ana Maria Carvalho de Souza, Christina Leopoldo e Silva, Arnaldo Villa Nova, Marilda L. da Silva Guedes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 1988-10-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46651988000500008&lng=en&tlng=en