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- A study from 2015 examined Toxocara seroprevalence in Serbia with samples from 40 children and 298 adults, revealing an overall seroprevalence of 23.5%.
- The results showed no significant age or regional differences in seroprevalence, but adult women were more reactive than men, and specific activities like spending time in parks and having nail-biting habits increased infection risks.
- The research assessed potential reasons for these differences and discussed the medical, veterinary, and economic implications of Toxocara as a soil-transmitted zoonosis.
Article Abstract
We report data on the Toxocara seroprevalence evidenced in 2015 from samples of 40 children and 298 adults of the population living in different areas of Serbia, and on possible association of certain variables with infection. Detection of specific antibodies was performed using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; all ambiguous results and part of the positive and negative sera were further analyzed by confirmatory Western blot test. An overall 23.5% seroprevalence was noticed, which was confirmed in 13.0% of the examined population with no significant difference regarding the age (children = 10.0%; adults = 13.4%) or by country area (East = 18.2%; North = 15.5%, Southeastern = 9.5%; p = 0.005). In contrast, the group of adult women proved more reactive than men (p = 0.001), and subjects both who spend spare time in square/parks (p = 0.041) and with positive onychophagy (p = 0.001) habit turned out more exposed to the infection. Possible reasons of these differences were analyzed, and the medical, veterinary, and economic impact of this soil-transmitted zoonosis were discussed.
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