Frequency of human toxocariasis in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria

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Autor(a) principal: Ajayi,OO
Data de Publicação: 2000
Outros Autores: Duhlinska,DD, Agwale,SM, Njoku,M
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
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Resumo: The enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (Elisa) was used to examine sera of 104 children and adults in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria for anti-toxocaral antibodies, out of which 31 (29.8%) were reactive. The seropositive rates were 30.4% for adults, 29.6% for children, 34% for females and 25.9% for males. However, the differences were not significant by age and sex. A highly significant association (p < 0.001) was observed between seropositivity and geophagia but none between seropositivity and dog ownership (p > 0.05).
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spelling Frequency of human toxocariasis in Jos, Plateau State, NigeriaseroprevalenceToxocaraenzymelinked immunosorbent assayNigeriaThe enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (Elisa) was used to examine sera of 104 children and adults in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria for anti-toxocaral antibodies, out of which 31 (29.8%) were reactive. The seropositive rates were 30.4% for adults, 29.6% for children, 34% for females and 25.9% for males. However, the differences were not significant by age and sex. A highly significant association (p < 0.001) was observed between seropositivity and geophagia but none between seropositivity and dog ownership (p > 0.05).Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde2000-04-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762000000200002Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz v.95 n.2 2000reponame:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruzinstname:Fundação Oswaldo Cruzinstacron:FIOCRUZ10.1590/S0074-02762000000200002info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessAjayi,OODuhlinska,DDAgwale,SMNjoku,Meng2020-04-25T17:48:20Zhttp://www.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.php0074-02761678-8060opendoar:null2020-04-26 02:09:33.554Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - Fundação Oswaldo Cruztrue
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Frequency of human toxocariasis in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria
title Frequency of human toxocariasis in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria
spellingShingle Frequency of human toxocariasis in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria
Ajayi,OO
seroprevalence
Toxocara
enzyme
linked immunosorbent assay
Nigeria
title_short Frequency of human toxocariasis in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria
title_full Frequency of human toxocariasis in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria
title_fullStr Frequency of human toxocariasis in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed Frequency of human toxocariasis in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria
title_sort Frequency of human toxocariasis in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria
author Ajayi,OO
author_facet Ajayi,OO
Duhlinska,DD
Agwale,SM
Njoku,M
author_role author
author2 Duhlinska,DD
Agwale,SM
Njoku,M
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Ajayi,OO
Duhlinska,DD
Agwale,SM
Njoku,M
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv seroprevalence
Toxocara
enzyme
linked immunosorbent assay
Nigeria
topic seroprevalence
Toxocara
enzyme
linked immunosorbent assay
Nigeria
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv The enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (Elisa) was used to examine sera of 104 children and adults in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria for anti-toxocaral antibodies, out of which 31 (29.8%) were reactive. The seropositive rates were 30.4% for adults, 29.6% for children, 34% for females and 25.9% for males. However, the differences were not significant by age and sex. A highly significant association (p < 0.001) was observed between seropositivity and geophagia but none between seropositivity and dog ownership (p > 0.05).
description The enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (Elisa) was used to examine sera of 104 children and adults in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria for anti-toxocaral antibodies, out of which 31 (29.8%) were reactive. The seropositive rates were 30.4% for adults, 29.6% for children, 34% for females and 25.9% for males. However, the differences were not significant by age and sex. A highly significant association (p < 0.001) was observed between seropositivity and geophagia but none between seropositivity and dog ownership (p > 0.05).
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