Seroprevalence and associated risk factors of toxocariasis among nomads in Boyer-Ahmad County, southwest Iran

Human toxocariasis is caused by the larval stage of Toxocara canis and Toxocara cati. This cross-sectional study was conducted to evaluate the seroprevalence and the risk factors associated with Toxocara infection in nomads of Boyer-Ahmad County in the southwest of Iran. A total of 968 blood samples...

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Veröffentlicht in:Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2020-05, Vol.114 (5), p.372-377
Hauptverfasser: Arefkhah, Nasir, Shadzi, Mohammad Reza, Mikaeili, Fattaneh, Sarkari, Bahador, Esfandiari, Farideh, Goudarzi, Fatemeh
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Sprache:eng
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