ELISA seropositivity for Toxocara canis antibodies in Malaysia, 1989-1991.

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.

• 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)

Chemical References

• Antibodies, Helminth

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)