Warning: Undefined array key "mm" in /www/wwwroot/www.ai-bt.com/si.php on line 10 Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /www/wwwroot/www.ai-bt.com/si.php on line 10 Prevalence of toxocariasis in northeastern Brazil based on serology using recombinant Toxocara canis antigen.

Literature DB >> 15728875

Prevalence of toxocariasis in northeastern Brazil based on serology using recombinant Toxocara canis antigen.

Raquel De Andrade Lima Coêlho¹, Luiz Bezerra De Carvalho, Emília Pessoa Perez, Kunioki Araki, Tsutomu Takeuchi, Akira Ito, Takashi Aoki, Hiroshi Yamasaki.

Abstract

To evaluate the prevalence of toxocariasis in children in Jaboatão dos Guararapes, Pernambuco in northeastern Brazil, 215 serum samples were examined by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) using a recombinant Toxocara canis antigen. In the ELISA, 26 (12.1%) of 215 subjects were positive. In a dot-blot assay using 53 of 215 serum samples, the diagnostic results correlated with those obtained by the ELISA. Moreover, it has been confirmed that the recombinant T. canis antigen was highly specific for toxocariasis by ELISA using serum samples positive for antibody to Ascaris lumbricoides. Considering the specificity of the recombinant antigen to toxocariasis, the ELISA or dot-blot assay using the recombinant T. canis antigen is recommended in tropical and sub-tropical regions where various parasitic infections are commonly endemic.

Entities: Disease Species

Mesh：

Substances：

Year: 2005 PMID： 15728875

Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Trop Med Hyg ISSN： 0002-9637 Impact factor: 2.345

Keyword Cloud
Cited

7 in total

1. Toxocara infection in the United States: the relevance of poverty, geography and demography as risk factors, and implications for estimating county prevalence.

Authors: Peter Congdon; Patsy Lloyd
Journal: Int J Public Health Date: 2010-04-27 Impact factor: 3.380

2. Serological studies of neurologic helminthic infections in rural areas of southwest cameroon: toxocariasis, cysticercosis and paragonimiasis.

Authors: Agathe Nkouawa; Yasuhito Sako; Sonoyo Itoh; Alida Kouojip-Mabou; Christ Nadège Nganou; Yasuaki Saijo; Jenny Knapp; Hiroshi Yamasaki; Minoru Nakao; Kazuhiro Nakaya; Roger Moyou-Somo; Akira Ito
Journal: PLoS Negl Trop Dis Date: 2010-07-06

3. Development of a highly sensitive IgG-ELISA based on recombinant arginine kinase of Toxocara canis for serodiagnosis of visceral larva migrans in the murine model.

Authors: Susiji Wickramasinghe; Lalani Yatawara; Mitsuru Nagataki; Misa Takamoto; Yoshiya Watanabe; R P V J Rajapakse; Kouji Uda; Tomohiko Suzuki; Takeshi Agatsuma
Journal: Parasitol Res Date: 2008-06-25 Impact factor: 2.289

4. Toxocara nematodes in stray cats from shiraz, southern iran: intensity of infection and molecular identification of the isolates.

Authors: Fattaneh Mikaeili; Hossein Mirhendi; Mostafa Hosseini; Qasem Asgari; Eshrat Beigom Kia
Journal: Iran J Parasitol Date: 2013-10 Impact factor: 1.012

Prevalence of toxocariasis in northeastern Brazil based on serology using recombinant Toxocara canis antigen.

1. Toxocara infection in the United States: the relevance of poverty, geography and demography as risk factors, and implications for estimating county prevalence.

2. Serological studies of neurologic helminthic infections in rural areas of southwest cameroon: toxocariasis, cysticercosis and paragonimiasis.

3. Development of a highly sensitive IgG-ELISA based on recombinant arginine kinase of Toxocara canis for serodiagnosis of visceral larva migrans in the murine model.

4. Toxocara nematodes in stray cats from shiraz, southern iran: intensity of infection and molecular identification of the isolates.

5. Canine and feline parasitic zoonoses in China.

6. Toxocara canis: molecular basis of immune recognition and evasion.

7. Toxocariasis: America's most common neglected infection of poverty and a helminthiasis of global importance?