Clinical and biological features of adult toxocariasis.

Aim: To determine the main clinical signs and symptoms of adult toxocariasis and the relationship between anti-Toxocara canis antibody levels, symptoms, and the other biological parameters.

Material And Methods: Prospective study conducted in the interval 2008 - 2011 in a series of 457 adult patients from Moldova, Romania. The ELISA method was used to detect the presence of IgG antibodies against T.

[Adult toxocariasis].

Aim: Epidemiological study on a statistically significant population for determining the true degree of Toxocara canis infections in the adults from Moldova, Romania.

Methods: 457 patients, 416 females and 41 males (91% and 9%, respectively) entered the study. Mean age of the investigated patients was 44.

[Resolution of inflammation--pharmacological aspects].

Inflammation is a fundamental biologic process evolutionally preserved by a germ line code. The interplay of the epigenetic with the environment directs the code to temporally distinct inflammatory responses, which can be acute or chronic. The aim of this study is to present new aspects regarding the resolution of inflammation.