Toxocara seroprevalence and childhood asthma among Malaysian children

• Main Authors: Chan, P.W.K., Anuar, A.K., Fong, M.Y., Debruyne, J.A., Ibrahim, J.
• Format: Article
• Published: Blackwell Publishing 2001
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/2742/; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1442-200X.2001.01421.x/abstract

Background: The larva of Taxocara spp., a common animal roundworm, may infect non-compatible hosts, causing a profound immunological reaction with marked eosinophil and IgE responses, not unlike in atopy. In this study. we determined the seroprevalence of Toxocara exposure in 66 asthmatic and 58 non...