Author | Mendonça, Lívia Ribeiro | |
Author | Figueiredo, Camila Alexandrina Viana | |
Author | Esquivel, Renata | |
Author | Fiaccone, Rosemeire Leovigildo | |
Author | Pontes-de-Carvalho, Lain Carlos | |
Author | Cooper, Philip John | |
Author | Barreto, Maurício Lima | |
Author | Neves, Neuza Maria Alcântara | |
Access date | 2014-08-25T17:41:27Z | |
Available date | 2014-08-25T17:41:27Z | |
Document date | 2013 | |
Citation | MENDONÇA L. R. et al. Seroprevalence and risk factors for Toxocara infection in children from an urban large setting in Northeast Brazil. Acta Tropica, v. 128, n. 1, p. 90-95, 2013. | pt_BR |
ISSN | 1873-6254 | |
URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/8225 | |
Language | eng | pt_BR |
Publisher | Elsevier B.V | pt_BR |
Rights | open access | pt_BR |
Title | Seroprevalence and risk factors for Toxocara infection in children from an urban large setting in Northeast Brazil. | pt_BR |
Type | Article | pt_BR |
DOI | 10.1016/j.actatropica.2013.06.018 | |
Abstract | OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to standardize an "in house" immunoassay to detect anti-Toxocara IgG antibodies in human serum to estimate the seroprevalence of Toxocara infection, and to identify its potential risk factors in children living in poor areas of Salvador, a large northeastern Brazilian city. METHODS: Parents of 1309 children answered a questionnaire containing possible risk factor for acquisition of this infection. Blood was collected and the presence of anti-Toxocara IgG antibodies was detected by indirect ELISA using T. canis larval excretory-secretory antigens in sera previously absorbed with Ascaris lumbricoides antigens. RESULTS: Seroprevalence of Toxocara infection was 48.4%. Children's age, low maternal schooling, contact with dogs and cats, and household located in paved streets were shown to be risk factors for Toxocara infection. CONCLUSIONS: The seroprevalence of Toxocara infection is high among children living in a poor urban setting of Brazil. The association of low maternal education with higher Toxocara infection supports studies showing that low socioeconomic status is a risk factor for the acquisition of this infection as a reflection of hygiene habits of the family. And both infected-dogs and cats may be involved in this parasite transmission in this children population. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Universidade Federal da Bahia. Instituto de Ciências da Saúde. Salvador, BA, Brasil | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Universidade Federal da Bahia. Instituto de Ciências da Saúde. Salvador, BA, Brasil | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Centro Integrado de Manufatura e Tecnologia. Serviço Nacional de Aprendizagem Industrial. Salvador, BA, Brasil | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Universidade Federal da Bahia. Instituto de Matemática. Salvador, BA, Brasil | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Universidad San Francisco de Quito. Colegio de Ciencias de la Salud. Quito, Ecuador / Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology. Liverpool, UK / Pontifícia Universidad Católica Del Ecuador. Escuela de Biologia. Quito, Ecuador | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Pontifícia Universidad Católica Del Ecuador. Escuela de Biologia. Quito, Ecuador / Universidade Federal da Bahia. Instituto de Saúde Coletiva. Salvador, BA, Brasil | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Universidade Federal da Bahia. Instituto de Ciências da Saúde. Salvador, BA, Brasil | pt_BR |
Subject | Toxocara infection | pt_BR |
Subject | Seroprevalence | pt_BR |
Subject | Children | pt_BR |
Subject | Risk factors | pt_BR |
DeCS | Anticorpos Anti-Helmínticos/sangue | pt_BR |
DeCS | Toxocaríase/epidemiologia | pt_BR |
DeCS | Animais | pt_BR |
DeCS | Brasil/epidemiologia | pt_BR |
DeCS | Doenças do Gato/transmissão | pt_BR |
DeCS | Gatos | pt_BR |
DeCS | Criança | pt_BR |
DeCS | Pré-Escolar | pt_BR |
DeCS | Doenças do Cão/transmissão | pt_BR |
DeCS | Cães | pt_BR |
DeCS | Feminino | pt_BR |
DeCS | Humanos | pt_BR |
DeCS | Imunoglobulina G/sangue | pt_BR |
DeCS | Masculino | pt_BR |
DeCS | Parasitologia/métodos | pt_BR |
DeCS | Fatores de Risco | pt_BR |
DeCS | Estudos Soroepidemiológicos | pt_BR |
DeCS | Testes Sorológicos/métodos | pt_BR |
DeCS | Fatores Socioeconômicos | pt_BR |
DeCS | Toxocaríase/diagnóstico | pt_BR |
DeCS | População Urbana | pt_BR |
DeCS | Zoonoses/transmissão | pt_BR |