Human toxocariasis: incidence among residents in the outskirts of Campinas, State of São Paulo, Brazil

Authors

  • Francisco Anaruma Filho Associação Cultural e Educacional de Garça
  • Pedro Paulo Chieffi Santa Casa de São Paulo; Faculdade de Ciências Médicas
  • Carlos Roberto S. Correa UNICAMP; Faculdade de Medicina; Departamento de Medicina Preventiva e Social
  • Eide Dias Camargo Instituto Adolfo Lutz
  • Edilene P. Real da Silveira Instituto Adolfo Lutz
  • Joana José B. Aranha Instituto Adolfo Lutz

Keywords:

Human toxocariasis, Toxocara canis, Incidence, ELISA, Campinas, SP, Brazil

Abstract

With the aim of estimating the incidence of infection by Toxocara among residents in the outskirts of Campinas (State of São Paulo, Brazil) two serological surveys, using ELISA anti-Toxocara tests, were performed in January 1999 and January 2000, involving, respectively, 138 and 115 individuals, 75 of which examined in both occasions. Among this group 67 individuals did not show the presence of anti-Toxocara antibodies in 1999, and 12 presented seroconversion in the second survey, revealing an annual incidence rate of 17.9%.

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Published

2003-10-01

Issue

Vol. 45 No. 5 (2003)

Section

Brief Communication

How to Cite

Anaruma Filho, F., Chieffi, P. P., Correa, C. R. S., Camargo, E. D., Silveira, E. P. R. da, & Aranha, J. J. B. (2003). Human toxocariasis: incidence among residents in the outskirts of Campinas, State of São Paulo, Brazil . Revista Do Instituto De Medicina Tropical De São Paulo, 45(5), 293-294. https://revistas.usp.br/rimtsp/article/view/30742