Data on prevalence and risk factors associated with Toxocara spp infection, atopy and asthma development in Northeast Brazilian school children

• DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2016.08.062
• Publication Date: 2016-09-18T16:15:51Z
• Authors: Márcia B. Silva; Ana L.M. Amor; Leonardo N. Santos; Alana A. Galvão; Aida Y. Oviedo V; Eduardo S. Silva; Cynara Gomes Barbosa; Philip J. Cooper; Camila A. Figueiredo; Rita de Cassia Ri...; Neuza Maria Alcân...
• Keywords: Q1-390; 0303 health sciences; 03 medical and health sciences; Science (General); Toxocara spp, Atopy; Risk factors; Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics; R858-859.7; Wheezing/Asthma; Data Article; 3. Good health

In the present article, we provide shortly, data on risk factors for acquiring Toxocara spp. infection and investigate possible associations between this infection with atopy and asthma in school children of a small town and its semi-rural areas of Northeast Brazil. The data set are composed by demographic, social and home environment variables. The detection of anti-Toxocara spp. IgG and specific IgE to aeroallergens was determined by ELISA and ImmunocAP/Phadiatrope systems, respectively. The data presented in this article are related to the article entitled "Risk factors for Toxocara spp. seroprevalence and its association with atopy and asthma phenotypes in school-age children in a small town and semi-rural areas of Northeast Brazil" (M.B. Silva, A.L. Amor, L.N. Santos, A.A. Galvão, A.V. Oviedo Vera, E.S. Silva et al., 2016) [1].