Occupational and domiciliary contact with dogs as factors of risk to human infection with Toxocara larvae

The contact with dogs at home or place of work has been investigated as factors of risk in the occurrence of the visceral larva migrans syndrome caused by Toxocara, in man. Through the E.L.I.S.A. (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) technique, the presence of antibodies to Toxocara was searched in the sera of 79 women who have been raising or had raised dogs at home in the last two years and 123 men, who were municipal public employees in charge of the capture and keeping of stray dogs. The control groups were constituted by 205 sera from women who denied domiciliary contact with dogs, at least in the last two years, and 139 sera from men whose occupation did not urge them to contact with dogs. A significant more elevated frequency of antibodies to Toxocara was observed among women with domiciliary contact with dogs; nevertheless, there was not a significant difference in the positive rates in the case of men with occupational contact with dogs.

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Main Authors: Chieffi,Pedro Paulo, Ueda,Mirthes, Camargo,Eide Dias, Souza,Ana Maria Carvalho de, Silva,Christina Leopoldo e, Nova,Arnaldo Villa, Guedes,Marilda L. da Silva
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Language:English
Published: Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo 1988
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spelling oai:scielo:S0036-466519880005000082011-02-17Occupational and domiciliary contact with dogs as factors of risk to human infection with Toxocara larvaeChieffi,Pedro PauloUeda,MirthesCamargo,Eide DiasSouza,Ana Maria Carvalho deSilva,Christina Leopoldo eNova,Arnaldo VillaGuedes,Marilda L. da Silva Larva migrans visceral Toxocara sp. cães Contacto domiciliar Contacto profissional The contact with dogs at home or place of work has been investigated as factors of risk in the occurrence of the visceral larva migrans syndrome caused by Toxocara, in man. Through the E.L.I.S.A. (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) technique, the presence of antibodies to Toxocara was searched in the sera of 79 women who have been raising or had raised dogs at home in the last two years and 123 men, who were municipal public employees in charge of the capture and keeping of stray dogs. The control groups were constituted by 205 sera from women who denied domiciliary contact with dogs, at least in the last two years, and 139 sera from men whose occupation did not urge them to contact with dogs. A significant more elevated frequency of antibodies to Toxocara was observed among women with domiciliary contact with dogs; nevertheless, there was not a significant difference in the positive rates in the case of men with occupational contact with dogs.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessInstituto de Medicina Tropical de São PauloRevista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo v.30 n.5 19881988-10-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articletext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46651988000500008en10.1590/S0036-46651988000500008
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Guedes,Marilda L. da Silva
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Silva,Christina Leopoldo e
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Guedes,Marilda L. da Silva
Occupational and domiciliary contact with dogs as factors of risk to human infection with Toxocara larvae
author_facet Chieffi,Pedro Paulo
Ueda,Mirthes
Camargo,Eide Dias
Souza,Ana Maria Carvalho de
Silva,Christina Leopoldo e
Nova,Arnaldo Villa
Guedes,Marilda L. da Silva
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title Occupational and domiciliary contact with dogs as factors of risk to human infection with Toxocara larvae
title_short Occupational and domiciliary contact with dogs as factors of risk to human infection with Toxocara larvae
title_full Occupational and domiciliary contact with dogs as factors of risk to human infection with Toxocara larvae
title_fullStr Occupational and domiciliary contact with dogs as factors of risk to human infection with Toxocara larvae
title_full_unstemmed Occupational and domiciliary contact with dogs as factors of risk to human infection with Toxocara larvae
title_sort occupational and domiciliary contact with dogs as factors of risk to human infection with toxocara larvae
description The contact with dogs at home or place of work has been investigated as factors of risk in the occurrence of the visceral larva migrans syndrome caused by Toxocara, in man. Through the E.L.I.S.A. (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) technique, the presence of antibodies to Toxocara was searched in the sera of 79 women who have been raising or had raised dogs at home in the last two years and 123 men, who were municipal public employees in charge of the capture and keeping of stray dogs. The control groups were constituted by 205 sera from women who denied domiciliary contact with dogs, at least in the last two years, and 139 sera from men whose occupation did not urge them to contact with dogs. A significant more elevated frequency of antibodies to Toxocara was observed among women with domiciliary contact with dogs; nevertheless, there was not a significant difference in the positive rates in the case of men with occupational contact with dogs.
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