Abstract |
The laboratory test results for visceral larva migrans (VLM) using ELISA for Toxocara canis antibodies employed by the Institute for Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur, is described. A total of 331 serum samples received from hospitals and general practitioners all over Malaysia were tested. The test utilises excretory-secretory antigens obtained from in vitro culture of second stage T. canis larvae. The overall seropositivity rate was 19.6%, the highest positive rate being in Indians (35.5%), followed by the Malays (14.8%), Chinese (10.9%) and others (29.4%). Seropositivity rate was highest in children below the age of 10; 89% of patients presented with eosinophilia and 93% with VLM syndrome were children.
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Authors | S L Hakim, J W Mak, P L Lam |
Journal | The Medical journal of Malaysia
(Med J Malaysia)
Vol. 48
Issue 3
Pg. 303-7
(Sep 1993)
ISSN: 0300-5283 [Print] Malaysia |
PMID | 8183143
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
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Topics |
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Age Factors
- Aged
- Animals
- Antibodies, Helminth
(blood)
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- China
(ethnology)
- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
- Female
- Humans
- India
(ethnology)
- Infant
- Infant, Newborn
- Malaysia
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Time Factors
- Toxocara canis
(immunology)
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