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Volume 21(2):45-50, 2017.
An ELISA Serodiagnostic
survey of Toxacara canis in
normal and hospitalized eye patients from Baghdad, Iraq
Afkar M. Hadi
Natural
History Museum Research Center, Bagdad, Iraq
ABSTRACT
Hadi
AM., An ELISA Serodiagnostic survey of Toxacara canis in normal and
hospitalized eye patients from Baghdad, Onl J Vet
Res., 21(2):45-50, 2017. ELISA
human IgG tests for T. canis were done on 92
serum samples from 22 healthy and 70 hospitalized patients with eye conditions,
randomly, in Baghdad city. In healthy people, 4 were positive to T canis and in
70 hospital patients, 15 were positive, accounting for prevalences
of 18.2 and 21.4%, respectively. We find
that children aged 4-15 year had a high rate of T canis compared with young 16-27, adult
28-49 or old 50+ years. Three children suffered from squint, 7 adults blurring
of vision or unilateral disorder and in 50+ year olds, 7 had various eye
abnormalities. We found that of 52 male serum samples, 12 (23.07%) and of 40
female samples, 7 (17.5%) were positive to T
canis.
There were no statistically significant differences between male and
female or ages for any ELISA toxocariasis result. The
apparent high sero-prevalence of human T. canis in Baghdad may be due to a large, untreated,
unconstrained dog population; with low standards of hygiene and frequent geophagic behaviour among
children which combine to ensure ingestion of infective eggs of T canis.
Key-Words: Toxacariasis, Human, Normal, Hospitalized, eye conditions
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