| seroprevalence of toxocariasis in children aged 1-9 years in western islamic republic of iran, 2003. | we determined the seroprevalence of toxocara canis infection in 544 children under 10 years randomly selected from urban and rural areas of hamadan. an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was used for detection of antibodies to t. canis excretion-secretion antigens. using a questionnaire, epidemiological factors associated with infection were examined, including age, sex, residence. antibodies to t. canis were detected in 29 children (5.3%) and 19 children (3.5%) were categorized as borderline pos ... | 2007 | 18290400 |
| prevalence of zoonotic intestinal parasites in household and stray dogs in rural areas of hamadan, western iran. | zoonotic parasitic infections are a major global public and veterinary health problem and widespread among dogs. the objective of this study was to assess the prevalence of intestinal parasites in stray and household dogs in the rural areas of hamadan district. during 2012, 1,500 fresh fecal samples from 243 household and 1,257 stray dogs were examined by using direct wet mount, simple zinc sulfate flotation, and lugol's solution staining. of 1,500 dogs, 20.4% were positive for intestinal parasi ... | 2015 | 26691252 |