A walk on the wild side: A review of the epidemiology of Toxocara canis and Toxocara cati in wild hosts [PDF]
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2023 Toxocara species are cosmopolitan nematode parasites of companion, domestic and wild hosts. Of the 26 known species of Toxocara, only Toxocara canis and Toxocara cati are definitively zoonotic. The significance of wild carnivores as definitive hosts of T.
Celia V. Holland
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Larva migrans in BALB/c mice experimentally infected with Toxocara cati ensured by PCR assay [PDF]
BMC Veterinary Research, 2022 Background Toxocara cati, the cat roundworm, is a parasitic nematode that known to cause toxocariasis in intermediate hosts and humans. In this study, we characterized the dynamics of T.
Majid Naderbandi +6 more
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Toxocara cati larvae in the eye of a child: a case report [PDF]
Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine, 2014 Toxocariasis is a consequence of human infection by Toxocara larvae. There are symptomatic (visceral, ocular) and asymptomatic course of toxocariasis. The ocular form is very rare.
Mohammad Zibaei +2 more
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Toxocara cati and Other Parasitic Enteropathogens: More Commonly Found in Owned Cats with Gastrointestinal Signs Than in Clinically Healthy Ones [PDF]
Pathogens, 2021 Intestinal parasites are involved in the health and wellbeing of cats and some of them, due to their zoonotic potential, represent a problem for public health.
Aurora L. Ursache +5 more
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Toxocara canis- and Toxocara cati-Induced Neurotoxocarosis Is Associated with Comprehensive Brain Transcriptomic Alterations. [PDF]
Microorganisms, 2022 Toxocara canis and Toxocara cati are globally occurring zoonotic roundworms of dogs and cats. Migration and persistence of Toxocara larvae in the central nervous system of paratenic hosts including humans may cause clinical signs of neurotoxocarosis (NT).
Waindok P +6 more
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Concomitant infestation of Toxocara cati and Ancylostoma tubaeforme in a mongrel cat. [PDF]
J Parasit Dis, 2016 A 3½ years old mongrel female cat was brought with the history of inappetence, seizure and lateral recumbency since 4 days and motion sickness since 2 days. Faecal examination confirmed Toxocara cati and Ancylostoma tubaeforme along with un-hatched live Toxocara cati larvae.
Saravanan M +4 more
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Prevalence and Molecular Characterization of Toxocara cati Infection in Feral Cats in Alexandria City, Northern Egypt [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Parasitology, 2021 Background: This study was performed to determine the prevalence and to identify precisely Toxocara spp., which infects feral cats in Alexandria, Egypt based on morphological and molecular approaches.
Mahmoud Abdelnaby El-Seify +4 more
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Attempts of immunization of mice against experimental infection by Toxocara cati
Tikrit Journal of Pure Science, 2023 studied the impact of muscular immunization to white mice (Balb / c) with serum and cell lymphoma of the spleen immunized mice with different antigens (mature eggs, live larvae, liquid hatch eggs, extract adult worm) of Toxocara canis to resist ...
Ilham Aed Asaad Al-Tikriti
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Toxocara canis and Toxocara cati Somatic and Excretory-Secretory Antigens Are Recognised by C-Type Lectin Receptors [PDF]
Pathogens, 2021 Toxocara canis and Toxocara cati, the worldwide occurring intestinal roundworms of canids and felids, represent an important public health threat due to various disease manifestations in humans.
Marie-Kristin Raulf +2 more
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High Toxocara cati prevalence in wild, free-ranging Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) in Finland, 1999–2015 [PDF]
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2022 In Finland, free-ranging Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) population has grown from 30 to 40 individuals to 2800 individuals since the species became partly protected in 1962. Changes in host population size are known to have an impact on host-parasite dynamics,
Miisa Virta +4 more
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