Seroprevalence of toxocariasis among Orang Asli (Indigenous people) in Malaysia using two immunoassays

• Main Authors: Romano, Ngui, Nor Azah, M. O., Rahmah, N., Yvonne Ai Lian, Lim, Rohela, Mahmud
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malaysian Society of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine 2010
• Subjects: QR Microbiology; RZ Other systems of medicine
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/42309/1/Seroprevalence.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/42309/; https://msptm.org/journal-vol-27-no-3/

Toxocariasis is a zoonotic helminthic infection of humans caused by the dog roundworm (Toxocara canis) or cat roundworm (Toxocara cati). There are two main human syndromes: visceral larva migrans (VLM), which are characterized by symptoms associated with major organs and ocular larva migrans (OLM),...