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Seroprevalence of Toxocara Canis in the city of Catania, Italy
Toxocariasis is one of the most common helminthiases worldwide. However, there is a lack of data regarding Southern Italy. We have evaluated the seroprevalence and associated environmental factors of toxocariasis in a sample of adults living in the city of Catania. Presence of anti-Toxocara canis Ig...
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Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6548209/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31205635 http://dx.doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2019.031 |
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author | Nicoletti, Alessandra Cicero, Calogero Edoardo Mantella, Antonia Giuliano, Loretta Rascunà, Cristina Paradisi, Vincenza Bartoloni, Alessandro Zappia, Mario Sofia, Vito |
author_facet | Nicoletti, Alessandra Cicero, Calogero Edoardo Mantella, Antonia Giuliano, Loretta Rascunà, Cristina Paradisi, Vincenza Bartoloni, Alessandro Zappia, Mario Sofia, Vito |
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description | Toxocariasis is one of the most common helminthiases worldwide. However, there is a lack of data regarding Southern Italy. We have evaluated the seroprevalence and associated environmental factors of toxocariasis in a sample of adults living in the city of Catania. Presence of anti-Toxocara canis IgG antibodies was searched using an ELISA test using excretory/secretory antigens. Environmental risk factors have been evaluated with a face-to-face questionnaire. Two hundred eighty-seven subjects (193 [67.3%] women, mean age 48.1±15.6 years) were enrolled, and presence of anti T. canis antibodies was found in 23 participants, of whom 18 (78.3%) were women with a mean age of 51.1±14.0 years, giving a seroprevalence of 8.0% (95%CI 5.4–11.7). At multivariate analysis, a positive association for subjects with more than three siblings (adjOR 3.17; 95%CI 1.09–9.25) was recorded. Our study confirms that exposition to T. canis is frequent also in urban areas of western countries. |
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spelling | pubmed-65482092019-06-14 Seroprevalence of Toxocara Canis in the city of Catania, Italy Nicoletti, Alessandra Cicero, Calogero Edoardo Mantella, Antonia Giuliano, Loretta Rascunà, Cristina Paradisi, Vincenza Bartoloni, Alessandro Zappia, Mario Sofia, Vito Mediterr J Hematol Infect Dis Original Article Toxocariasis is one of the most common helminthiases worldwide. However, there is a lack of data regarding Southern Italy. We have evaluated the seroprevalence and associated environmental factors of toxocariasis in a sample of adults living in the city of Catania. Presence of anti-Toxocara canis IgG antibodies was searched using an ELISA test using excretory/secretory antigens. Environmental risk factors have been evaluated with a face-to-face questionnaire. Two hundred eighty-seven subjects (193 [67.3%] women, mean age 48.1±15.6 years) were enrolled, and presence of anti T. canis antibodies was found in 23 participants, of whom 18 (78.3%) were women with a mean age of 51.1±14.0 years, giving a seroprevalence of 8.0% (95%CI 5.4–11.7). At multivariate analysis, a positive association for subjects with more than three siblings (adjOR 3.17; 95%CI 1.09–9.25) was recorded. Our study confirms that exposition to T. canis is frequent also in urban areas of western countries. Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore 2019-05-01 /pmc/articles/PMC6548209/ /pubmed/31205635 http://dx.doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2019.031 Text en This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Nicoletti, Alessandra Cicero, Calogero Edoardo Mantella, Antonia Giuliano, Loretta Rascunà, Cristina Paradisi, Vincenza Bartoloni, Alessandro Zappia, Mario Sofia, Vito Seroprevalence of Toxocara Canis in the city of Catania, Italy |
title | Seroprevalence of Toxocara Canis in the city of Catania, Italy |
title_full | Seroprevalence of Toxocara Canis in the city of Catania, Italy |
title_fullStr | Seroprevalence of Toxocara Canis in the city of Catania, Italy |
title_full_unstemmed | Seroprevalence of Toxocara Canis in the city of Catania, Italy |
title_short | Seroprevalence of Toxocara Canis in the city of Catania, Italy |
title_sort | seroprevalence of toxocara canis in the city of catania, italy |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6548209/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31205635 http://dx.doi.org/10.4084/MJHID.2019.031 |
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