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      Transmission of Toxocara canis via Ingestion of Raw Cow Liver: A Cross-Sectional Study in Healthy Adults

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          The aim of this study is to ascertain the relationship between ingestion of raw cow liver and Toxocara canis infection. A total of 150 apparently healthy adults were divided into 2 groups; 1 group consisted of 86 adults with positive results of Toxocara ELISA, and the other group of 64 adults with negative results. One researcher collected the history of ingestion of raw cow liver within 1 year and recent history of keeping dogs. Among 86 seropositive adults for T. canis, 68 (79.1%) had a recent history of ingestion of raw cow liver. Multivariate statistical analysis showed that a recent ingestion of raw cow liver and keeping dogs were related to an increased risk of toxocariasis (odds ratios, 4.4 and 3.7; and 95% confidence intervals, 1.9-10.2 and 1.2-11.6, respectively). A recent history of ingestion of raw cow liver and keeping dogs was significantly associated with toxocariasis.

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          Immunodiagnosis of toxocarosis in humans: evaluation of a new enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay kit.

          P Jacquier, Y Stingelin, B. Gottstein … (1991)
          Excretory/secretory (E/S) antigen derived from second-stage larvae of Toxocara canis maintained in defined medium in vitro has been well established worldwide for the immunodiagnosis of human toxocarosis by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Such an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, based on the detection of human anti-T. canis (E/S antigen) serum immunoglobulin G, has recently been commercialized by Biokema-Affinity Products (Crissier-Lausanne, Switzerland). This commercial test kit was evaluated with regard to its application in a routine diagnostic laboratory and the reliability of the results. Of 78 patients with suspected clinical toxocarosis, 71 had anti-T. canis antibodies (positive serological result) corresponding to a diagnostic sensitivity of 91%; 14% of serum samples (n = 199) from patients with protozoan or with helminthic infections also showed positive reactions mainly related to infections with Trichinella, Strongyloides, and Fasciola species. An epidemiological study with 1,000 serum samples from randomly selected healthy blood donors and children in Switzerland demonstrated a seroprevalence of 2.7%. The test kit under evaluation had an overall diagnostic sensitivity of 91% and a relative specificity of 86%, the latter being related to some protozoan and helminthic infections. Because of the scarcity of such infections, potential cross-reactivity does not play a major role under the conditions found in the middle part of Europe. In conclusion, the application of the test kit provided for use in this study can be recommended for routine diagnostic use.
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            Epidemiology and pathogenesis of zoonotic toxocariasis.

            Stimson P Schantz, Ellen L Glickman (1980)
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              The nature of visceral larva migrans.

              R Beaver (1969)
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                Journal
                Journal ID (nlm-ta): Korean J Parasitol
                Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Korean J. Parasitol
                Journal ID (publisher-id): KJP
                Title: The Korean Journal of Parasitology
                Publisher: The Korean Society for Parasitology
                ISSN (Print): 0023-4001
                ISSN (Electronic): 1738-0006
                Publication date (Print): March 2012
                Publication date (Electronic): 06 March 2012
                Volume: 50
                Issue: 1
                Pages: 23-27
                Affiliations
                [1 ]Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul 135-710, Korea.
                [2 ]Department of Internal Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul 135-710, Korea.
                [3 ]Department of Laboratory Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul 135-710, Korea.
                [4 ]Center for Health Promotion, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul 135-710, Korea.
                [5 ]Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chuncheon 200-702, Korea.
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                Corresponding author ( jhlim@ 123456skku.edu )
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                DOI: 10.3347/kjp.2012.50.1.23
                PMC ID: 3309047
                PubMed ID: 22451730
                SO-VID: 64a3f78f-a389-4775-bf16-4f2e4ea5ef20
                Copyright © © 2012, Korean Society for Parasitology
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                This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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                Date received : 08 August 2011
                Date revision received : 18 October 2011
                Date accepted : 16 November 2011
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                Subject: Original Article

                ScienceOpen disciplines: Parasitology
                Keywords: visceral larva migrans,toxocariasis,food-borne helminthiasis,liver,toxocara canis
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                ScienceOpen disciplines: Parasitology
                Keywords: visceral larva migrans, toxocariasis, food-borne helminthiasis, liver, toxocara canis

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