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Toxocara infection: seroprevalence and associated risk factors among primary school children in central China

Toxocariasis is a zoonotic disease that poses a threat to public health worldwide. In the present study, we investigated the seroprevalence of Toxocara infection among primary school children in Henan province, central China, which was previously unknown. Sera from 2451 primary school children were...

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Autores principales: Wang, Shuai, Li, Haoran, Yao, Zhijun, Li, Pengju, Wang, Dong, Zhang, Haizhu, Xie, Qing, Zhang, Zhenchao, Li, Xiangrui
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: EDP Sciences 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7202827/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32374716
http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2020028
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author Wang, Shuai
Li, Haoran
Yao, Zhijun
Li, Pengju
Wang, Dong
Zhang, Haizhu
Xie, Qing
Zhang, Zhenchao
Li, Xiangrui
author_facet Wang, Shuai
Li, Haoran
Yao, Zhijun
Li, Pengju
Wang, Dong
Zhang, Haizhu
Xie, Qing
Zhang, Zhenchao
Li, Xiangrui
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description Toxocariasis is a zoonotic disease that poses a threat to public health worldwide. In the present study, we investigated the seroprevalence of Toxocara infection among primary school children in Henan province, central China, which was previously unknown. Sera from 2451 primary school children were collected from September 2015 to October 2018, and evaluated for anti-Toxocara antibodies by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The overall seroprevalence of Toxocara infection was 5.14% (126/2451). The main risk factors related to Toxocara infection identified in this study were the age of children, residence area of children, contact with cats or dogs, and exposure to soil. Hand washing before eating was considered to be a protective factor. These findings demonstrate that Toxocara infection is relatively common among primary school children in Henan province.
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spelling pubmed-72028272020-05-08 Toxocara infection: seroprevalence and associated risk factors among primary school children in central China Wang, Shuai Li, Haoran Yao, Zhijun Li, Pengju Wang, Dong Zhang, Haizhu Xie, Qing Zhang, Zhenchao Li, Xiangrui Parasite Short Note Toxocariasis is a zoonotic disease that poses a threat to public health worldwide. In the present study, we investigated the seroprevalence of Toxocara infection among primary school children in Henan province, central China, which was previously unknown. Sera from 2451 primary school children were collected from September 2015 to October 2018, and evaluated for anti-Toxocara antibodies by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The overall seroprevalence of Toxocara infection was 5.14% (126/2451). The main risk factors related to Toxocara infection identified in this study were the age of children, residence area of children, contact with cats or dogs, and exposure to soil. Hand washing before eating was considered to be a protective factor. These findings demonstrate that Toxocara infection is relatively common among primary school children in Henan province. EDP Sciences 2020-05-05 /pmc/articles/PMC7202827/ /pubmed/32374716 http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2020028 Text en © S. Wang et al., published by EDP Sciences, 2020 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Wang, Shuai
Li, Haoran
Yao, Zhijun
Li, Pengju
Wang, Dong
Zhang, Haizhu
Xie, Qing
Zhang, Zhenchao
Li, Xiangrui
Toxocara infection: seroprevalence and associated risk factors among primary school children in central China
title Toxocara infection: seroprevalence and associated risk factors among primary school children in central China
title_full Toxocara infection: seroprevalence and associated risk factors among primary school children in central China
title_fullStr Toxocara infection: seroprevalence and associated risk factors among primary school children in central China
title_full_unstemmed Toxocara infection: seroprevalence and associated risk factors among primary school children in central China
title_short Toxocara infection: seroprevalence and associated risk factors among primary school children in central China
title_sort toxocara infection: seroprevalence and associated risk factors among primary school children in central china
topic Short Note
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7202827/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32374716
http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2020028
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