{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,1]],"date-time":"2026-02-01T20:51:01Z","timestamp":1769979061811,"version":"3.49.0"},"reference-count":0,"publisher":"African Journals Online (AJOL)","issue":"3","content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["Afr H. Sci."],"abstract":"<jats:p>Background: Toxocariasis is a serious zoonotic helminthic disease caused by the nematodes; Toxocara species.\r\nAim: A cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the seroprevalence of toxocariasis and related risk factors in eosinophilic children referred to the pediatrics hospital of Qazvin province northwest Iran during 2019-2020.\r\nMethods: A total of 200 blood samples were collected from eosinophilic children referred to the Qods Pediatrics Hospital. Demographic data, clinical symptoms, and dogs- and soil-contact history were collected. The presence of anti-Toxocara IgG antibody was evaluated by T. canis IgG ELISA kit.\r\nResults: Anti-Toxocara IgG antibodies were detected in 14 (7%) of the total eosinophilic children. The seropositive rate of toxocariasis in hyper-eosinophilic children (&gt;1000\/mm3) was 15.1%, while the seropositivity was 4.1% in children with eosinophilia status (500-999\/mm3). There was a significant association between the eosinophilia rate and seropositivity (P&lt;0.05). Also, seroprevalence in asymptomatic eosinophilic children was 4.4%, while in children with clinical symptoms it was 17.1%. Accordingly, a statistically significant difference was found between clinical symptoms and Toxocara infection (P&lt;0.05).\r\nConclusion: The prevalence of toxocariasis in eosinophilic children is a serious health problem in the study area. Therefore, serologic evaluation for the diagnosis of Toxocara infection is recommended for eosinophilic children.\r\nKeywords: Seroprevalence; Toxocariasis; anti-Toxocara antibody; Eosinophilia children; Qazvin; Iran.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.4314\/ahs.v22i3.66","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,11,15]],"date-time":"2022-11-15T13:21:53Z","timestamp":1668518513000},"page":"617-625","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["A Survey on the seroprevalence of toxocariasis and related risk factors in Eosinophilic Children of Northwest Iran"],"prefix":"10.4314","volume":"22","author":[{"given":"Arash","family":"Pourgholaminejad","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Habib","family":"Razipour","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Peyman","family":"Heydarian","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Keyhan","family":"Ashrafi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Zahra","family":"Atrkar Roushan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Meysam","family":"Sharifdini","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"2895","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,10,28]]},"container-title":["African Health Sciences"],"original-title":[],"link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/www.ajol.info\/index.php\/ahs\/article\/download\/234987\/221992","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/www.ajol.info\/index.php\/ahs\/article\/download\/234987\/221992","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2022,11,15]],"date-time":"2022-11-15T13:22:23Z","timestamp":1668518543000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/www.ajol.info\/index.php\/ahs\/article\/view\/234987"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2022,10,28]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"3","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,10,28]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4314\/ahs.v22i3.66","relation":{},"ISSN":["1729-0503","1680-6905"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1729-0503","type":"electronic"},{"value":"1680-6905","type":"print"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2022,10,28]]}}}