| intestinal helminths of the red fox (vulpes vulpes l.) in galicia (northwest spain). | the intestinal helminth fauna of 201 specimens of vulpes vulpes, captured in galicia (northwest spain), was investigated. eight species were found: toxocara canis (23% of host specimens), toxocara cati (0.5%), toxascaris leonina (1%), uncinaria stenocephala (28%), seuratascaris numidica (0.5%), taenia crassiceps (23%), mesocestoides litteratus (2.5%) and dipylidium caninum (0.5%). we discuss possible relationships between human population density and the prevalence of infection of fox by intesti ... | 1995 | 8834508 |
| serological evidence of toxocariasis in patients from spain with a clinical suspicion of visceral larva migrans. | sera from patients with clinical characteristics of toxocariasis were assayed using the elisa method and larval excretory-secretory antigen. four hundred and seven samples of toxocara serology were received at the laboratory of ciudad sanitaria juan canalejo hospital of corunna, spain, from 1984 to 1989. of these, 30 were from adults, 332 from children and 45 from patients of unknown age, resulting in toxocara seroprevalences of 23.3%, 32.8% and 17.7% respectively. the reasons for these serologi ... | 1997 | 9166446 |