29
Views
37
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Article

An Epidemiological and Serological Study of Toxocara Infection in Sweden

&
Pages 87-93 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

References

  • Zinkham W H. Visceral larva migrans. A review and reassessment indication of two forms of clinical expression: Visceral and ocular. Am J Dis Child 1978; 132: 627–633
  • Glickman L T, Schantz P M. Epidemiology and pathogenesis of zoonotic toxocariasis. Epidemiol Rev 1981; 3: 230–250
  • Bass J L, Metha K A, Glickman L T, Eppes B M. Clinically inapparent toxocara infection in children. N Engl J Med 1983; 308: 723–724
  • Taylor M RH, Keane C T, O'Connor P, Girdwood R WA, Smith H. Clinical features of covert toxocariasis. Scand J Infect Dis 1987; 19: 693–696
  • Cypess R H, Karol M H, Zidian J L, Glickman L T, Gitlin D. Larva specific antibodies in patients with visceral larva migrans. J Infect Dis 1977; 135: 633–640
  • DeSavigny D H, Voller A, Woodruff A W. Toxocariasis: serological diagnosis by enzymed immunoassay. J Clin Pathol 1979; 32: 284–288
  • van Knapen F, van Leusden J, Polderman A M, Franchimont J H. Visceral larva migrans: examinations by means of ELISA of human sera for antibodies to excretory-secretory antigens of the second-stage larvae of Toxocara canis. Z Parasitenkd. 1983; 69: 113–118
  • Jones W E, Schantz P M, Formeman K, Smith K L, Witte E J, Schooley D E, Juranek D D. Human toxocariasis in a rural community. Am J Dis Child 1980; 134: 961–969
  • Josephs D S, Bhinder P, Thompson A R. The prevalence of toxocara infection in a child population. Public Health 1981; 95: 273–275
  • Tönz M, Speiser F, Tönz O. Toxocariasis bei Schweizer Kindem. Schweiz Med Wochenschr 1983; 113: 1500–1507
  • van Knapen F, van Leusden J, Conijn-van Spaendonk M AE. Toxocara infecties, diagnostiek en voorkomen bij de mens in Nederland. Tijdschr Diergeneeskd 1983; 108: 469–474
  • Nilsson P, Bergquist N R, Grundy M S. A technique for the preparing of defined conjugates of horseradish peroxidase and immunoglobulin. J Immunol Methods 1981; 41: 81–93
  • Ellens D J, Gielkens A LJ. A simple method for the purification of 5-aminosalicyclic acid, application of the product as substrate in enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). J Immunol Methods 1980; 37: 325–332
  • van Pham Than, van Knapen F. Immunological studies on Ascaris suum infections in mice. Helminth zoonoses, S Geerts, V Kumar, J Brandt. Martinus Nijhoff Publ, Dordrecht 1987; 149–158
  • Ehrhard T, Kernbaum S. Toxocara canis et toxocarose humaine. Bull Inst Pasteur, 77: 225–287, 1979
  • Woodruff A-W. Toxocariasis. Br Med J 1970; 3: 633–639
  • Glickman L T, Schantz P M, Cypess R H. Epidemological characteristics and clinical findings in patients with serologically proven toxocariasis. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 1979; 73: 255–259
  • Berrocal J. Prevalence of Toxocara canis in babies and in adults as determined by the ELISA test. Trans Am Ophthalmol Soc 1980; 78: 376–413
  • Lamina J. Larva migrans visceralis. Infektionen durch Toxocara Arten. Dtsch Med Wochenschr 1980; 105: 1–4
  • Bass J L, Metha K A, Glickman L T, Eppes B M. Clinically inapparent toxocara infection in children. N Engl J Med 1983; 308: 723–734
  • Ree G H, Voller A, Rowland H AK. Toxocariasis in the British Isles. Br Med J 1984; 288: 628–629
  • Smith H V, Kusel J R, Girdwood R WA. The production of human A and B group like substances by in vitro maintained second stage Toxocara canis larvae: their presence on the outer larval surfaces and in their excretions/secretions. Clin Exp Immunol 1983; 54: 625–633
  • Smith H V, Girdwood R WA, Kusel J R. Misinterpretation of toxocaral serodiagnostic tests. Br Med J 1984; 388: 1235
  • Grubb R, Möller E. Immunogenetik. Immunologi: Teori och klinik, L-Å Hansson, H Wigzell. Almqvist & Wiksell Förlag AB, Stockholm 1978; 131, (In Swedish.)
  • Herrman N, Glickman L T, Schantz P M, Weston M G, Komanski L M. Seroprevalence of zoonotic toxocariasis in the United States: 1971–1973. Am J Epidemiol 1985; 122: 890–896
  • Searl S S, Moazed K, Albert D M, Marcus L C. Ocular toxocariasis presenting as leukocoria in a patient with low ELISA titer to Toxocara canis. Ophthalmology 1981; 88: 1302–1306
  • Shields J A. Ocular toxocariasis. A review. Surv Ophthalmol 1984; 28: 361–381

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.