Tehran University of Medical Sciences Iranian Journal of Parasitology 1735-7020 5 2 2010 06 15 52 59 EN M Demirci Department of Clinical Microbiology, Health Minister, İzmir Atatürk Education and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey S Kaya Department of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Suleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey ES Çetin Department of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Suleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey BC Arıdoğan Department of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Suleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey S Önal Department of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Suleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey M Korkmaz Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey 2015 10 03 Background: Toxocariasis is a common disease around the world. Our objective was to determine Toxocara seroprevalence in humans in the city of Isparta, Southwest Turkey, in respect of some determinants such as age, socio-economic level, residence in city center or rural area etc. Methods: Five hundred and thirty four individual participants from Isparta center and 85 from Asagi Gokdere village were included in the study. T. cati specific antibodies were ana­lyzed using excretory-secretory (ES)-enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) method. Results: T. cati antibodies were detected as positive in 73 (13.6%) of 534 samples which were collected from subjects living in the city center and 24 (28.2%) of 85 samples from Asagi Gokdere village. Toxocara seropositivity was detected among 15.6% of whole study group. The seroprevalence of toxocariasis was significantly higher among subjects from vil­lage than in subjects from city center (P=0.001). While gender, high school education, source of the water which is used, family income and geophagia/eating nail behaviors were the fea­tures which were detected as being associated with toxocariasis seropositivity (odds ratios= 0.5; 6.52; 3.61; 0.43; 0.13 respectively), owning dogs or cats and  hand washing were de­tected as being not associated with toxocariasis seropositivity (P > 0.05). Furthermore, Toxo­cara seropositivity was significantly higher among subjects in 0-10 than >40 year-old group (P=0.02). Conclusion: It can be suggested that untreated lost pet population, environmental contamination, and way of life have influence on the epidemiology of toxocariasis. https://ijpa.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijpa/article/view/135 https://ijpa.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijpa/article/download/135/134