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Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, September 2009, p. 1372-1373, Vol. 16, No. 9
1071-412X/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/CVI.00234-09
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Seroprevalence of Human Toxocariasis in Denmark{triangledown}

Christen R. Stensvold,1* Jakob Skov,2,{dagger} Lone N. Møller,1,{dagger} Per M. Jensen,3 Christian M. O. Kapel,3 Eskild Petersen,4 and Henrik V. Nielsen1

Department of Bacteriology, Mycology and Parasitology, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark,1 Department of Veterinary Disease Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark,2 Department of Agriculture and Ecology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark,3 Department of Infectious Diseases, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Aarhus, Denmark4

Received 6 June 2009/ Returned for modification 30 June 2009/ Accepted 21 July 2009

The seroprevalence of Toxocara in the Danish population was assessed from 3,247 sera from individuals originally screened for toxoplasmosis. Of 87 enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay-positive sera, 79 were confirmed by Western blotting, yielding a crude seroprevalence of 2.4%. This indicates that the seroprevalence of toxocariasis in Denmark is low compared to those in other European countries.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Laboratory of Parasitology, Department of Bacteriology, Mycology and Parasitology, Statens Serum Institut, Artillerivej 5, DK-2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark. Phone: 45 3268 3604. Fax: 45 3269 3033. E-mail: RUN{at}ssi.dk

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 29 July 2009.

{dagger} J.S. and L.N.M. contributed equally to this study.

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, September 2009, p. 1372-1373, Vol. 16, No. 9
1071-412X/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/CVI.00234-09
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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