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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Nematode larva migrans caused by Toxocara cati in the North Island brown kiwi (Apteryx mantelli) [PDF]
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 +4 more
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Detection of Toxocara cati Larvae from Ostrich and Wild Boar Meat Intended for Human Consumption [PDF]
Pathogens, 2021 Toxocara cati is a common roundworm of cats and wild felids and, together with T. canis, it is the main causative agent of human toxocariasis. Humans may become infected by ingestion of embryonated eggs via contaminated soil, food, or water, or by ...
Alice Michelutti +5 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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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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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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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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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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Prevalensi Infeksi Toxocara Cati pada Kucing Peliharaan di Kecamatan Banyuwangi [PDF]
Jurnal Medik Veteriner, 2018 Toxocara cati (T.cati) merupakan parasit yang umumnya menyerang kucing, dan bersifat zoonosis sehingga termasuk parasit yang penting. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui besaran prevalensi dari infeksi Toxocara cati pada kucing peliharaan di ...
Fifi Anik Suroiyah +4 more
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