Toxocara Canis IgG Seropositivity in Patients with Chronic Urticaria

• Published in: Iranian journal of allergy, asthma, and immunology Vol. 14; no. 4; p. 450
• Main Authors: Burak Selek, Mehmet, Baylan, Orhan, Kutlu, Ali, Özyurt, Mustafa
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Iran Tehran University of Medical Sciences 01.08.2015
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Animals; Chronic; Chronic Disease; Dogs; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; Female; Humans; IgG; Immunoglobulin G - blood; Male; Middle Aged; Seropositivity; Toxocara; Toxocara canis; Toxocara canis - immunology; Urticaria; Urticaria - immunology; Urticaria - parasitology; IgG; Toxocara canis; Chronic; Seropositivity; Urticaria

We aimed to investigate IgG antibody levels specific to Toxocara canis (T. canis), a parasite which subsists in dog's intestine, on serum samples obtained from patients with chronic urticaria (CU) to evaluate effective risk in CU etiopathogenesis. In this study, 73 patients diagnosed with CU an...