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dc.contributor.authorJiménez, J. F.
dc.contributor.authorValladares Hernández, Basilio 
dc.contributor.authorFernández-Palacios, José María 
dc.contributor.authorDe Armas, F.
dc.contributor.authorDel Castillo, A.
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-07T13:24:10Z
dc.date.available2020-02-07T13:24:10Z
dc.date.issued1997
dc.identifier.issn0002-9637
dc.identifier.urihttp://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/18174
dc.description.abstractThe presence of anti-Toxocara antibodies in the human population of the Canarian Archipelago was studied by means of an indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay with excretory/secretory antigen of infectivestage larva. A total of 14,074 were analyzed, resulting in the following distribution and prevalence by location: southern Tenerife 6,435 (2.5% positive), northern Tenerife 1,710 (6.7% positive), La Palma 1,214 (4.5% positive), La Gomera 264 (6.8% positive), El Hierro 204 (3.9% positive), Gran Canaria 2,875 (2.3% positive), Fuerteventura 277 (1.8% positive), and Lanzarote 1,095 (2.9% positive). The weighted average of the entire Archipelago was 3.4% positive. Neither age nor sex was found to be significantly associated with positive serology. The influence of the different Canarian mesoclimates on the spreading of this zoonosis is demonstrated, with significant differences being found between humid and arid islands. Likewise, a significant positive correlation was found between De Martonne's humidity-aridity index and percentage of people with evidence of parasite exposure on the different islands.es_ES
dc.description.sponsorshipGobierno de Canariases_ES
dc.language.isoenes_ES
dc.publisherAmerican Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygienees_ES
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThe American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Vol. 56 N. 1 1997;
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.titleA serologic study of human Toxocariasis in the Canary Islands (Spain): environmental influenceses_ES
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.rights.accessRightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesses_ES
dc.subject.keywordToxocariasises_ES
dc.subject.keywordIslas Canariases_ES
dc.type.hasVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiones_ES


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