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Coprological assessment of domestic carnivores in public areas and health education focused on larva migrans in São Paulo State, Brazil [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária
Cutaneous larva migrans (CLM) and visceral larva migrans (VLM) are neglected zoonoses caused by Ancylostoma spp. and Toxocara spp. Although investigations have been conducted in some areas of São Paulo State, Brazil, the presence of these helminth eggs ...
Abraão Isaque da Silva, Adrieli Leite Araujo Moura, Beatriz Maia Galetti, Bruna Larocca Vieira, Camila Vitória Dias da Silva, Giovana Almeida Reis, Letícia Leite De Brito, Letícia Santos Goes, Luciana de Almeida Menezes, Matheus Porto Cortezi, Mayara Paula Paglione, Vanessa Kelen Nunes, Vitória Maximiana Soares dos Santos, Yasmin Saliba Maluf, Clara Morato Dias, Patricia Parreira Perin, Estevam Guilherme Lux Hoppe, Adolorata Aparecida Bianco Carvalho   +17 more
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Hepatic visceral larva migrans: A radiological case report [PDF]

Radiology Case Reports
Visceral larva migrans (VLM) occurs due to migration of the second stage of larvae of nematodes through human viscera. It is an underdiagnosed entity which commonly affects the liver as eosinophilic abscesses and appears as coalescing, conglomerated ...
Aniket Kashyap, MBBS, Pranjali Joshi, MD, PDCC, Gaurav Raj, MD, Shamrendra Narayan, MD, Piyush Upadhyay, MD, DM, Nuzhat Hussain, MD   +5 more
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Larva migrans visceral: relato de caso [PDF]

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2003
Larva migrans visceral é doença infecciosa, adquirida por ingestão de ovos provenientes dos vermes Toxocara canis e/ou Toxocara cati que infestam cães e gatos; as larvas penetram a parede intestinal e migram através dos tecidos levando a alterações ...
Alexandre Bortoli Machado, Marice Emanuela El Achkar   +1 more
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Hepatic visceral larva migrans [PDF]

BMJ Case Reports, 2013
Visceral larva migrans (VLM) is a systemic manifestation of migration of second stage larvae of nematodes through the tissue of human viscera. It is not uncommon but is underdiagnosed in developing countries. The liver is the most common organ to be involved due to its portal venous blood supply. The imaging findings are subtle and differentiation from
Seema, Rohilla, Nitin, Jain, Rohtas, Yadav, Dhara Ballabh, Dhaulakhandi   +3 more
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Nematode larva migrans caused by Toxocara cati in the North Island brown kiwi (Apteryx mantelli)

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2020
Sporadic cases of visceral and neural nematode larva migrans have been diagnosed at necropsy in the endangered New Zealand kiwi (Apteryx spp.), but the causative organisms have not yet been definitively identified.
Adrienne F. French, Fernanda Castillo-Alcala, Kristene R. Gedye, Wendi D. Roe, Brett D. Gartrell   +4 more
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Visceral larva migrans associated with earthworm and gecko ingestion: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2012
Introduction Visceral larva migrans is a syndrome caused by an infection with larval helminths, which may result in partial or general pathological changes in host tissues.
Yu Tao, Zhao Li-Na, Fan Miao-Jing, Wu Huan, Chen Qi-Kui   +4 more
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Presence of Visceral Larva Migrans in the Urinary Bladder of a Woman in Khorramabad, Iran [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Parasitology, 2011
The presence of Visceral Larva Migrans (VLM) in a patient is reported. A 57-year- old woman suffering from right upper abdominal and suprapubic pain referred into a clinic in Khorramabad, Lorestan Province, Iran. A cystoscopy was performed and biopsy was
SE Rafiee Alavi, H Nayebzadeh
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Human toxocariasis: contribution by Brazilian researchers Toxocaríase humana: contribuição dos pesquisadores brasileiros

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2009
In the present paper the main aspects of the natural history of human infection by Toxocara larvae that occasionally result in the occurrence of visceral and/or ocular larva migrans syndrome were reviewed.
Pedro Paulo Chieffi, Sérgio Vieira dos Santos, Maisa Leite de Queiroz, Susana A. Zevallos Lescano   +3 more
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Dogs’ gastrointestinal parasites and their association with public health in Iran

Journal of Veterinary Research, 2017
Introduction: Dogs harbour zoonotic parasites that cause serious infections in humans, such as visceral larva migrans, ocular larva migrans, cystic echinococcosis, and alveolar echinococcosis.
Kohansal Mohammad Hasan, Fazaeli Asghar, Nourian Abbasali, Haniloo Ali, Kamali Koorosh   +4 more
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REPORT OF 10 CASES OF VISCERAL LARVA MIGRANS IN IRAN [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2000
Toxocariasis or Visceral Larva Migrans (VLM) is a parasitic infection resulting from the invasion of human visceral organs by Nematode larvae of genus Toxocara (dog Ascaris).
MB. Rokni, J. Massoud, Gh. Mowlavi   +2 more
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