Seroprevalence of human Toxocara infections in the Roma and non-Roma populations of Eastern Slovakia: a cross-sectional study
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989592%3A15260%2F15%3A33156404" target="_blank" >RIV/61989592:15260/15:33156404 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0950268814003665" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0950268814003665</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0950268814003665" target="_blank" >10.1017/s0950268814003665</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Seroprevalence of human Toxocara infections in the Roma and non-Roma populations of Eastern Slovakia: a cross-sectional study
Original language description
Socioeconomic conditions and health of the Roma population, the most numerous minority in Europe, are worse than that of the non-Roma population. Information about the occurrence of human toxocarosis and other parasitic diseases in the Roma population isscarce or completely missing. The aim of this study was to map the seroprevalence of toxocarosis in the population living in segregated Roma settlements and to compare the data with the occurrence of antibodies in the non-Roma population of Eastern Slovakia. The seropositivity to Toxocara in 429 examined Roma inhabitants of segregated settlements reached 22.1%, while only 4/394 samples of the non-Roma population were found to be positive (odds ratio 27.7, P < 0.0001). Headache, muscle pain, influenza-like symptoms and diarrhoea occurred significantly more often in seropositive persons than in seronegative individuals. In the Roma population positivity was not influenced by gender, level of education and poverty, but age, lack of sanita
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
FQ - Public health system, social medicine
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/EE.2.3.20.0063" target="_blank" >EE.2.3.20.0063: Social determinants of health among social and health disadvantaged groups of population</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2015
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Epidemiology and Infection
ISSN
0950-2688
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
143
Issue of the periodical within the volume
10
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
10
Pages from-to
2249-2258
UT code for WoS article
000356157400024
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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