@article{Nicoletti_Cicero_Mantella_Giuliano_Rascunà_Paradisi_Bartoloni_Zappia_Sofia_2019, title={ SERO PREVALENCE OF TOXARA CANIS IN THE CITY OF CATANIA, ITALY.}, volume={11}, url={https://www.mjhid.org/mjhid/article/view/2019.031}, DOI={10.4084/mjhid.2019.031}, abstractNote={<p>Toxocariasis is one of the most common helminthiases worldwide. However, there is a lack of data regarding Southern Italy. We have evaluated the seroprevalence and associated environmental factors of toxocariasis in a sample of adults living in the city of Catania.</p> <p>Presence of anti-<em>Toxocara canis</em> IgG antibodies was searched using an ELISA test using excretory/secretory antigens. Environmental risk factors have beene valuated with a face-to-face questionnaire.</p> <p>Two hundred eighty-seven subjects (mean age of 48.1±15.6 years) were enrolled, and presence of anti <em>T. canis</em> antibodies was found in 23 participants, of whom 18 (78.3%) were women with a mean age of 51.1±14.0 years, giving a seroprevalence of 8.0% (95%CI 5.4-11.7). At multivariate analysis a positive association for subjects with more than 3 siblings (adjOR 3.17; 95%CI 1.09-9.25) was recorded.</p> <p>Our study confirms that exposition to <em>T. canis</em> is common also in urban areas of western countries.</p>}, number={1}, journal={Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases}, author={Nicoletti, Alessandra and Cicero, Calogero Edoardo and Mantella, Antonia and Giuliano, Loretta and Rascunà, Cristina and Paradisi, Vincenza and Bartoloni, Alessandro and Zappia, Mario and Sofia, Vito}, year={2019}, month={Apr.}, pages={e2019031} }