[Prevalence of anti-toxocara antibodies in children with allergic manifestations referring to allergy clinics in Zanjan]

ABSTRACT

Background and Aim: Toxocariasis is a common parasitic zoonosis of humans, dogs and cats. Migration of Toxocara larva in the internal organs is accompanied by a variety of complications such as hepatomegaly, marked eosinophilia, pulmonary and ocular symptoms. In some cases, symptoms are nonspecific and the patients may only show allergy-like cutaneous and pulmonary manifestations. Considering the significant increase in the prevalence of allergic disorders, study of the possible etiologies of these disorders can lead to the early diagnosis and effective treatment of the disease. In this study prevalence of antitoxocara antibody and some hematological parameters were compared between allergic and non-allergic children