Toxocariasis in the Tula region
Oshevskaia, Z.A.; Derzhavina, T.Iu.; Terina, G.P.; Mikholap, L.S.; Liapina, N.I.; Anisimkina, V.V.; Kononova, L.V.; Shun'kova, A.I.; Shishkina, L.I.; Bazhazhina, N.V.; Gel'shteĭb, V.S.
Meditsinskaia Parazitologiia i Parazitarnye Bolezni 2003(1): 30-33
2003
ISSN/ISBN: 0025-8326 PMID: 12652847 Document Number: 566112
Serological survey of 2586 persons with suspected toxocariasis revealed Toxocara antigen titers in 644 (24.9%). Canine toxocariasis affliction was 25%, environmental Toxocara egg contamination was 3.2%. Seropositive persons were recorded in 22 of the 24 districts. A patient-carrier ratio was 1:1.6. Visceral toxocariasis was more frequently notified in children. The clinical picture was polysymptomatic with a predominance of intoxication (86%), temperature responses (49%), abdominal (37%) and pulmonary (30%) syndromes.