Prospective seroepidemiological study of human toxocarosis in Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires province, Argentina

Autores
Costamagna, Sixto Raúl; Baillie, E.; Racca, L.; Marro, A.; Bin, L.; Pirles, M.; Schiaffino, L.; Echenique, C.
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2012
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The Inhabitants of Villa Nocito neighbourhood in Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, suffers from many basic needs. In earlier studies, the authors have shown that 2.7% of dog feces collected in public places in the area had Toxocara canis eggs. In this paper, T. canis antibody prevalence is studied in sera from 94 local inhabitants of different ages and both sexes. Two ELISA tests were employed -LMD Toxocara Serology and a laboratory-made one. The Immuneblotting Technique (WB) was used as confirmatory test. Statistical analysis was performed with Fisher Test and EPIDAT 3.1, 2006 software. Results showed 18% seroprevalence for T. canis. Mean sensitivity of ELISA tests was 96.79% with 86.55% of predictive value of positive result, without any significant differences between the two when compared with WB. No statistical significant risk associations were detected for sex, age, current water use, type of bathroom, contact with animals and earth, journeys, parasitosis history, and presence of special signs or symptomatology. Even though positive serology percentage was higher among those who had cesspit to dispose feces, this fact did not show a statistical significant difference (p: 0,14). Results showed a lower seroprevalence for T. canis than other authors have reported in 1994 and are in agreement with the scarce presence of T. canis eggs in feces of local dogs.
Asociación Parasitológica Argentina
Materia
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T. canis
Antibody
Seroprevalence
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spelling Prospective seroepidemiological study of human toxocarosis in Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires province, ArgentinaCostamagna, Sixto RaúlBaillie, E.Racca, L.Marro, A.Bin, L.Pirles, M.Schiaffino, L.Echenique, C.BiologíaT. canisAntibodySeroprevalenceThe Inhabitants of Villa Nocito neighbourhood in Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, suffers from many basic needs. In earlier studies, the authors have shown that 2.7% of dog feces collected in public places in the area had Toxocara canis eggs. In this paper, T. canis antibody prevalence is studied in sera from 94 local inhabitants of different ages and both sexes. Two ELISA tests were employed -LMD Toxocara Serology and a laboratory-made one. The Immuneblotting Technique (WB) was used as confirmatory test. Statistical analysis was performed with Fisher Test and EPIDAT 3.1, 2006 software. Results showed 18% seroprevalence for T. canis. Mean sensitivity of ELISA tests was 96.79% with 86.55% of predictive value of positive result, without any significant differences between the two when compared with WB. No statistical significant risk associations were detected for sex, age, current water use, type of bathroom, contact with animals and earth, journeys, parasitosis history, and presence of special signs or symptomatology. Even though positive serology percentage was higher among those who had cesspit to dispose feces, this fact did not show a statistical significant difference (p: 0,14). Results showed a lower seroprevalence for T. canis than other authors have reported in 1994 and are in agreement with the scarce presence of T. canis eggs in feces of local dogs.Asociación Parasitológica Argentina2012-10info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionArticulohttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdf32-38http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/143151enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/2313-9862info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/hdl/10915/143149info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)reponame:SEDICI (UNLP)instname:Universidad Nacional de La Platainstacron:UNLP2025-09-29T11:36:34Zoai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/143151Institucionalhttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/Universidad públicaNo correspondehttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/oai/snrdalira@sedici.unlp.edu.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:13292025-09-29 11:36:34.267SEDICI (UNLP) - Universidad Nacional de La Platafalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Prospective seroepidemiological study of human toxocarosis in Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires province, Argentina
title Prospective seroepidemiological study of human toxocarosis in Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires province, Argentina
spellingShingle Prospective seroepidemiological study of human toxocarosis in Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires province, Argentina
Costamagna, Sixto Raúl
Biología
T. canis
Antibody
Seroprevalence
title_short Prospective seroepidemiological study of human toxocarosis in Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires province, Argentina
title_full Prospective seroepidemiological study of human toxocarosis in Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires province, Argentina
title_fullStr Prospective seroepidemiological study of human toxocarosis in Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires province, Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Prospective seroepidemiological study of human toxocarosis in Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires province, Argentina
title_sort Prospective seroepidemiological study of human toxocarosis in Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires province, Argentina
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Costamagna, Sixto Raúl
Baillie, E.
Racca, L.
Marro, A.
Bin, L.
Pirles, M.
Schiaffino, L.
Echenique, C.
author Costamagna, Sixto Raúl
author_facet Costamagna, Sixto Raúl
Baillie, E.
Racca, L.
Marro, A.
Bin, L.
Pirles, M.
Schiaffino, L.
Echenique, C.
author_role author
author2 Baillie, E.
Racca, L.
Marro, A.
Bin, L.
Pirles, M.
Schiaffino, L.
Echenique, C.
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Biología
T. canis
Antibody
Seroprevalence
topic Biología
T. canis
Antibody
Seroprevalence
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv The Inhabitants of Villa Nocito neighbourhood in Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, suffers from many basic needs. In earlier studies, the authors have shown that 2.7% of dog feces collected in public places in the area had Toxocara canis eggs. In this paper, T. canis antibody prevalence is studied in sera from 94 local inhabitants of different ages and both sexes. Two ELISA tests were employed -LMD Toxocara Serology and a laboratory-made one. The Immuneblotting Technique (WB) was used as confirmatory test. Statistical analysis was performed with Fisher Test and EPIDAT 3.1, 2006 software. Results showed 18% seroprevalence for T. canis. Mean sensitivity of ELISA tests was 96.79% with 86.55% of predictive value of positive result, without any significant differences between the two when compared with WB. No statistical significant risk associations were detected for sex, age, current water use, type of bathroom, contact with animals and earth, journeys, parasitosis history, and presence of special signs or symptomatology. Even though positive serology percentage was higher among those who had cesspit to dispose feces, this fact did not show a statistical significant difference (p: 0,14). Results showed a lower seroprevalence for T. canis than other authors have reported in 1994 and are in agreement with the scarce presence of T. canis eggs in feces of local dogs.
Asociación Parasitológica Argentina
description The Inhabitants of Villa Nocito neighbourhood in Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, suffers from many basic needs. In earlier studies, the authors have shown that 2.7% of dog feces collected in public places in the area had Toxocara canis eggs. In this paper, T. canis antibody prevalence is studied in sera from 94 local inhabitants of different ages and both sexes. Two ELISA tests were employed -LMD Toxocara Serology and a laboratory-made one. The Immuneblotting Technique (WB) was used as confirmatory test. Statistical analysis was performed with Fisher Test and EPIDAT 3.1, 2006 software. Results showed 18% seroprevalence for T. canis. Mean sensitivity of ELISA tests was 96.79% with 86.55% of predictive value of positive result, without any significant differences between the two when compared with WB. No statistical significant risk associations were detected for sex, age, current water use, type of bathroom, contact with animals and earth, journeys, parasitosis history, and presence of special signs or symptomatology. Even though positive serology percentage was higher among those who had cesspit to dispose feces, this fact did not show a statistical significant difference (p: 0,14). Results showed a lower seroprevalence for T. canis than other authors have reported in 1994 and are in agreement with the scarce presence of T. canis eggs in feces of local dogs.
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