van Dongen P A, Buijs J, van Gemund J J, van den Bergh J P, Bozon I J
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 1989 Sep 9;133(36):1789-91.
We have investigated 234 children (3-6 years of age) in The Hague, The Netherlands, for the presence of antibodies against Toxocara. Of these children 26 (11.1%) were seropositive to Toxocara. Cross-reactions with antibodies against Ascaris could be excluded. Of the seropositive children 31% had asthma or bronchitis, while this percentage was only 12% for the seronegative children. This might indicate that toxocariasis causes asthma or bronchitis in some children. If further investigations corroborate this hypothesis, one has to conclude that preventing human toxocariasis contributed to prevent a number of cases of asthma and bronchitis.
我们对荷兰海牙的234名3至6岁儿童进行了调查，检测他们体内抗弓蛔虫抗体的情况。在这些儿童中，有26名（11.1%）弓蛔虫血清反应呈阳性。与抗蛔虫抗体的交叉反应可以排除。在血清反应呈阳性的儿童中，31%患有哮喘或支气管炎，而血清反应呈阴性的儿童中这一比例仅为12%。这可能表明弓蛔虫病在一些儿童中会引发哮喘或支气管炎。如果进一步的调查证实这一假设，那么人们不得不推断，预防人类弓蛔虫病有助于预防一些哮喘和支气管炎病例。
