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Seroepidemiology of Toxocariasis in Children (5–15 yr Old) Referred to the Pediatric Clinic of Imam Hossein Hospital, Isfahan, Iran
BACKGROUND: Human toxocariasis, a helminthozoonosis, is due to the migration of Toxocara species larvae into human organisms. Humans, especially children become infected by ingesting of embryonated eggs from soil, dirty hands, and raw vegetables. Seroprevalence of this infection is high in developed...
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Tehran University of Medical Sciences
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4724841/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26811731 |
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author | HOSSEINI-SAFA, Ahmad MOUSAVI, Seyed Mohammad BAHADORAN BAGH BADORANI, Mehran GHATREH SAMANI, Mehdi MOSTAFAEI, Shayan YOUSOFI DARANI, Hossein |
author_facet | HOSSEINI-SAFA, Ahmad MOUSAVI, Seyed Mohammad BAHADORAN BAGH BADORANI, Mehran GHATREH SAMANI, Mehdi MOSTAFAEI, Shayan YOUSOFI DARANI, Hossein |
author_sort | HOSSEINI-SAFA, Ahmad |
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description | BACKGROUND: Human toxocariasis, a helminthozoonosis, is due to the migration of Toxocara species larvae into human organisms. Humans, especially children become infected by ingesting of embryonated eggs from soil, dirty hands, and raw vegetables. Seroprevalence of this infection is high in developed countries, especially in rural areas. The aim of this study was to investigate the seroepidemiology of Toxocariasis in children referred to the pediatric clinic of Imam Hossein hospital, Isfahan, Iran. METHODS: In this cross sectional study the sera of children aged 5 to 15 years old, admitted to Imam Hossein Pediatric Hospital were collected during 2013–14. Then the sera were examined for anti Toxocara canis antibodies using commercial ELISA kit. RESULTS: From 427 children, 196 (45.9%) were female and 231(54.1%) were male. 107(25.1%) were from rural and 320 (74.9%) were from urban area. Of them 129 (30.2%) were contacted with dog. One child (0.2%) had hypereosinophilia, 33 (7.7%) eosinophlia, and 6 (1.39%) were positive for T. canis IgG (two male and four female). Four of infected children with T. canis were from urban (1.25%) and two from rural areas (1.9%). There was no significant correlation between education of parents, gender, age, place of living and contact with dog with ELISA results test. CONCLUSION: Toxocariasis is prevalent in the children of Isfahan region. Results suggest a low Toxocara exposure in children in this area. Therefore, more risk factors associated with Toxocara exposure should be identified in the further investigation. |
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spelling | pubmed-47248412016-01-25 Seroepidemiology of Toxocariasis in Children (5–15 yr Old) Referred to the Pediatric Clinic of Imam Hossein Hospital, Isfahan, Iran HOSSEINI-SAFA, Ahmad MOUSAVI, Seyed Mohammad BAHADORAN BAGH BADORANI, Mehran GHATREH SAMANI, Mehdi MOSTAFAEI, Shayan YOUSOFI DARANI, Hossein Iran J Parasitol Original Article BACKGROUND: Human toxocariasis, a helminthozoonosis, is due to the migration of Toxocara species larvae into human organisms. Humans, especially children become infected by ingesting of embryonated eggs from soil, dirty hands, and raw vegetables. Seroprevalence of this infection is high in developed countries, especially in rural areas. The aim of this study was to investigate the seroepidemiology of Toxocariasis in children referred to the pediatric clinic of Imam Hossein hospital, Isfahan, Iran. METHODS: In this cross sectional study the sera of children aged 5 to 15 years old, admitted to Imam Hossein Pediatric Hospital were collected during 2013–14. Then the sera were examined for anti Toxocara canis antibodies using commercial ELISA kit. RESULTS: From 427 children, 196 (45.9%) were female and 231(54.1%) were male. 107(25.1%) were from rural and 320 (74.9%) were from urban area. Of them 129 (30.2%) were contacted with dog. One child (0.2%) had hypereosinophilia, 33 (7.7%) eosinophlia, and 6 (1.39%) were positive for T. canis IgG (two male and four female). Four of infected children with T. canis were from urban (1.25%) and two from rural areas (1.9%). There was no significant correlation between education of parents, gender, age, place of living and contact with dog with ELISA results test. CONCLUSION: Toxocariasis is prevalent in the children of Isfahan region. Results suggest a low Toxocara exposure in children in this area. Therefore, more risk factors associated with Toxocara exposure should be identified in the further investigation. Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4724841/ /pubmed/26811731 Text en Copyright© Iranian Society of Parasitology & Tehran University of Medical Sciences This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License which allows users to read, copy, distribute and make derivative works for non-commercial purposes from the material, as long as the author of the original work is cited properly. |
spellingShingle | Original Article HOSSEINI-SAFA, Ahmad MOUSAVI, Seyed Mohammad BAHADORAN BAGH BADORANI, Mehran GHATREH SAMANI, Mehdi MOSTAFAEI, Shayan YOUSOFI DARANI, Hossein Seroepidemiology of Toxocariasis in Children (5–15 yr Old) Referred to the Pediatric Clinic of Imam Hossein Hospital, Isfahan, Iran |
title | Seroepidemiology of Toxocariasis in Children (5–15 yr Old) Referred to the Pediatric Clinic of Imam Hossein Hospital, Isfahan, Iran |
title_full | Seroepidemiology of Toxocariasis in Children (5–15 yr Old) Referred to the Pediatric Clinic of Imam Hossein Hospital, Isfahan, Iran |
title_fullStr | Seroepidemiology of Toxocariasis in Children (5–15 yr Old) Referred to the Pediatric Clinic of Imam Hossein Hospital, Isfahan, Iran |
title_full_unstemmed | Seroepidemiology of Toxocariasis in Children (5–15 yr Old) Referred to the Pediatric Clinic of Imam Hossein Hospital, Isfahan, Iran |
title_short | Seroepidemiology of Toxocariasis in Children (5–15 yr Old) Referred to the Pediatric Clinic of Imam Hossein Hospital, Isfahan, Iran |
title_sort | seroepidemiology of toxocariasis in children (5–15 yr old) referred to the pediatric clinic of imam hossein hospital, isfahan, iran |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4724841/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26811731 |
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