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A prospective seroepidemiological study of toxocariasis during early childhood in coastal Ecuador: potential for congenital transmission and risk factors for infection.

Aida Y Oviedo-VeraIrina Chis SterMartha E ChicoMarcia B SilvaLuis F Salazar-GarcésNeuza M Alcantara-NevesPhilip J Cooper
Published in: Parasites & vectors (2021)
Our data, from an area of high Toxocara spp. endemicity, indicate no congenital transmission but high rates of seroconversion after 13 months of age reaching maternal levels of seroprevalence by 5 years of age. Factors associated with seroprevalence and seroconversion included STH infections, domestic cats, maternal ethnicity, male sex, STH infections, and markers of greater poverty.
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