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Toxocariasis in Waste Pickers: A Case Control Seroprevalence Study

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Title
Toxocariasis in Waste Pickers: A Case Control Seroprevalence Study
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PLOS ONE, January 2013
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0054897
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Authors

Cosme Alvarado-Esquivel

Abstract

The epidemiology of Toxocara infection in humans in Mexico has been poorly explored. There is a lack of information about Toxocara infection in waste pickers.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Brazil 1 2%
Unknown 53 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 7 13%
Unspecified 6 11%
Researcher 5 9%
Student > Master 5 9%
Professor 4 7%
Other 12 22%
Unknown 15 28%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 7 13%
Unspecified 6 11%
Environmental Science 5 9%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 5 9%
Engineering 4 7%
Other 9 17%
Unknown 18 33%