Seroprevalence of Human Toxocariasis in Denmark

ABSTRACT The seroprevalence of Toxocara in the Danish population was assessed from 3,247 sera from individuals originally screened for toxoplasmosis. Of 87 enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay-positive sera, 79 were confirmed by Western blotting, yielding a crude seroprevalence of 2.4%. This indicates that the seroprevalence of toxocariasis in Denmark is low compared to those in other European countries.

[1]  R. Maizels,et al.  How common is human toxocariasis? Towards standardizing our knowledge. , 2009, Trends in parasitology.

[2]  H. Nielsen,et al.  The schistosoma-specific antibody response after treatment in non-immune travellers , 2009, Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases.

[3]  M. Frosch,et al.  Evaluation of a Commercial Echinococcus Western Blot Assay for Serological Follow-Up of Patients with Alveolar Echinococcosis , 2008, Clinical and Vaccine Immunology.

[4]  P. Preux,et al.  Epilepsy and toxocariasis: a case–control study in Italy , 2008, Epilepsia.

[5]  D. Kruszon-Moran,et al.  Toxoplasma gondii and Toxocara spp. co-infection. , 2008, The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene.

[6]  R. Fabre,et al.  Application of the Western blotting procedure for the immunodiagnosis of human toxocariasis , 2004, Parasitology Research.

[7]  D. Despommier,et al.  Toxocariasis: Clinical Aspects, Epidemiology, Medical Ecology, and Molecular Aspects , 2003, Clinical Microbiology Reviews.

[8]  R. Gilbert,et al.  Sources of toxoplasma infection in pregnant women: European multicentre case-control study. European Research Network on Congenital Toxoplasmosis. , 2000, BMJ : British Medical Journal.

[9]  P. Overgaauw.  Aspects of Toxocara epidemiology: human toxocarosis. , 1997, Critical reviews in microbiology.

[10]  P. Dubinsky,et al.  A seroepidemiological study of human Toxocara infection in the Slovak Republic , 1993, Journal of Helminthology.

[11]  S. Larsen,et al.  Prevalence, incidence and geographical distribution of Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in pregnant women in Denmark. , 1993, Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases.

[12]  B. Gottstein,et al.  Immunodiagnosis of toxocarosis in humans: evaluation of a new enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay kit , 1991, Journal of clinical microbiology.

[13]  F. van Knapen,et al.  An epidemiological and serological study of toxocara infection in Sweden. , 1989, Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases.

[14]  S. Gillespie.  The epidemiology of Toxocara canis. , 1988, Parasitology today.

[15]  R. Bruppacher,et al.  [Epidemiological aspects of toxocariasis in Switzerland]. , 1986, Schweizerische medizinische Wochenschrift.

[16]  B. Gottstein,et al.  A collaborative study on larval excretory/secretory antigens of Toxocara canis for the immunodiagnosis of human toxocariasis with ELISA. , 1984, Acta tropica.