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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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Prolonged Fever in Children: An Inpatient Diagnostic Framework for Infections in Australia. [PDF]

J Paediatr Child Health
ABSTRACT There are many causes of fever in children, ranging from common and self‐limiting to serious and life threatening. Careful assessment of children with prolonged fever without an obvious or identified source requires detailed history and examination with consideration of infections unique to the specific geographical region and individual ...
Rupasinghe H, Nourse C, Robson J, Berkhout A.   +3 more
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Comparative Analysis of Gut Microbiomes in Parasitic Roundworms Reveals Phylogeny-Associated Community Structure and Functional Adaptation. [PDF]

Transbound Emerg Dis
Roundworm nematodes are globally distributed zoonotic parasites that inhabit the intestinal tract of various mammals. Although these parasites reside in the host’s guts, their own intestinal ecosystems remain poorly understood. Recent evidence suggests that helminths may harbor distinct gut microbiomes that contribute to their physiology and host ...
Fan X, Zhou X, Wang L, Zhang X, Shen Y, Xiao Y, Wang H, Deng L, Xie Y.   +8 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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Prevalence of Zoonotic Gastrointestinal Helminths Among Pet Dogs in Western Chitwan, Nepal. [PDF]

J Parasitol Res
Gastrointestinal helminth parasites (GIHPs) in dogs, belonging to the phyla Platyhelminthes and Nemathelminths, pose a zoonotic threat by contaminating human environments with cysts, oocysts, and eggs. Investigating GIHPs in domesticated dogs in close contact with humans is crucial to understanding zoonotic transmission.
B K S, Adhikari S, Regmi S, Pathak CR.
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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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TOXOCARIASIS: VISCERAL AND OCULAR LARVA MIGRANS [PDF]

Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 2020
Toxocariasis is a neglected socioeconomically important zoonotic nematode parasite that afflicts millions of the pediatric and adolescent populations worldwide, especially in impoverished communities.
TOSSON MORSY
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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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