Seroepidemiology of Toxocara canis Infection in 2-14 years old Children Referred to Health Care Centers of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province by ELISA Method in 2014
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Abstract:
Background And Aim
toxocariasis is clinical complications, which is generally due to the establishment of the second group stage larvae of nematodes of animal and will be exist in the tissues of the human body. By eating the parasite larva, human will suffer from various forms of larva migrans including visceral larva migrans, ocular larva migrans, cerebral larva migrans and covert toxocariasis, the study conducted to determine Toxocara canis infection in children 2-14 years old of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province in 2014.Methodos: this is a cross-sectional study and 552 samples of children 2-14 years old in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari were selected by quota Non-random sampling. Serum samples were examined to Toxocara canis antibodies using ELISA method. The data were analyzed using Chi-Square and Mann Whithney test by SPSS.
Result
294 boys and 230 girls were sampled, 321 (2.58%) were from city and the rest were from the village. From 552 samples, 11 (2%) showed toxocariasis infection. There is a significant relationship between Toxocara canis infection and father's job, relation to dogs and the eosinophil amount. But there was no significant relationship between Toxocara canis infection and sex, residential city, residential place (urban or rural).
Conclusion
2% of antibody anti- Toxocara canis showed the importance of attends to parasitic infection in the community and in this regard, it would be increase awareness in the population about the danger of parasitic infection and anthelminthic treatment of dogs by veterinarians and control stray dogs. Keywords: Seroepidemiology, toxocariasis, Toxocara canis, ELISA.
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Persian
Published:
Journal of Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Volume:17 Issue: 6, 2016
Pages:
121 to 129
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