Seroprevalence and Associated Risk Factors of Toxocariasis among College Students in Taipei City, Taiwan

Seroprevalence and Associated Risk Factors of Toxocariasis among College Students in Taipei City, Taiwan

Background: Infection by Toxocara spp. is known to be significantly associated with partial epilepsy. It has become popular for people to raise dogs/cats as pets and consume roasted meat/viscera, and the status of Toxocara spp. infection, epi­lepsy awareness, and associated risk factors among the g...

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Main Authors: Chung-Jung FU, Cheng-Yan KAO, Yueh-Lun LEE, Chien-Wei LIAO, Po-Ching CHEN, Ting-Wu CHUANG, Ying-Chin WANG, Chia-Mei CHOU, Ying-Chie HUANG, Toshio NAITO, Chia-Kwung FAN
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2015-10-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Parasitology
Subjects:
Toxocara spp.
Western blot
Epilepsy awareness
College students
Tai¬wan
Online Access:https://ijpa.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijpa/article/view/315

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