Seroepidemiological investigation of toxocariasis in the is-parta Region of Turkey

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dc.contributor.authorDemirc M.
dc.contributor.authorKaya S.
dc.contributor.authorÇetin E.S.
dc.contributor.authorAridogan B.C.
dc.contributor.authorÖnal S.
dc.contributor.authorKorkmaz M.
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-26T22:33:53Z
dc.date.available2019-10-26T22:33:53Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.departmentEge Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractBackground: Toxocariasis is a common disease around the world. Our objective was to determine Toxocara seroprevalence in humans in the city of Isparta, Southwest Turkey, in respect of some determinants such as age, socio-economic level, residence in city center or rural area etc. Methods: Five hundred and thirty four individual participants from Isparta center and 85 from Asagi Gokdere village were included in the study. T. cati specific antibodies were analyzed using excretory-secretory (ES)-enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) method. Results: T. cati antibodies were detected as positive in 73 (13.6%) of 534 samples which were collected from subjects living in the city center and 24 (28.2%) of 85 samples from Asagi Gokdere village. Toxocara seropositivity was detected among 15.6% of whole study group. The seroprevalence of toxocariasis was significantly higher among subjects from village than in subjects from city center (P=0.001). While gender, high school education, source of the water which is used, family income and geophagia/eating nail behaviors were the features which were detected as being associated with toxocariasis seropositivity (odds ratios=0.5; 6.52; 3.61; 0.43; 0.13 respectively), owning dogs or cats and hand washing were detected as being not associated with toxocariasis seropositivity (P > 0.05). Furthermore, Toxocara seropositivity was significantly higher among subjects in 0-10 than >40 year-old group (P=0.02).Conclusion: It can be suggested that untreated lost pet population, environmental contamination, and way of life have influence on the epidemiology of toxocariasis.en_US
dc.identifier.endpage59en_US
dc.identifier.issn1735-7020
dc.identifier.issn1735-7020en_US
dc.identifier.issue2en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ3en_US
dc.identifier.startpage52en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11454/19797
dc.identifier.volume5en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.ispartofIranian Journal of Parasitologyen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectRisk factorsen_US
dc.subjectSeroprevalenceen_US
dc.subjectToxocariasisen_US
dc.subjectTurkeyen_US
dc.titleSeroepidemiological investigation of toxocariasis in the is-parta Region of Turkeyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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