Evaluation of an enzyme-linked immunoelectrotransfer blot test for the confirmatory serodiagnosis of human toxocariasis [PDF]
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2009 To improve the serodiagnosis of human toxocariasis, a sensitive and specific enzyme-linked immunoelectrotransfer blot (EITB-IgG) test was developed and evaluated using Toxocara canislarvae excretory-secretory antigens for detecting anti-Toxocara IgG ...
William H Roldán, Yrma A Espinoza
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Prevalence and risk factors of toxocariasis in beef calves in Pandak, Indonesia: A cross-sectional study [PDF]
Open Veterinary JournalBackground: Toxocariasis, caused by Toxocara vitulorum, is economically detrimental to beef calves. Despite its potential impact on cattle productivity, toxocariasis remains underrecognized by local farmers in Bantul, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Widodo Suwito +4 more
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Toxocara infection in pregnant women: seroprevalence and risk factors [PDF]
BMC Women's HealthBackground Human toxocariasis caused by T. canis is a worldwide and typically neglected zoonotic parasitic disease. Certain behaviors such as a geophagia habit, poor personal hygiene, close contact with young dogs, and ingestion of raw meat, as well as ...
Marjan Noori +7 more
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Adult Ocular Toxocariasis Mimicking Ciliary Body Malignancy [PDF]
Case Reports in Medicine, 2014 Purpose. To discuss an unusual presentation of ocular toxocariasis. Methods. Case report. Results. A 40-year-old woman presented with decreased vision in the left eye with a long history of recurrent red eye from uveitis.
Ahmad M. Mansour +6 more
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Patologìâ, 2018 Aim. Investigating the role of various factors in the development of pathospermia, such as: the presence of toxocariasis invasion, the level of DNA fragmentation of sperm, indices of the cellular link of innate immunity, could complement existing methods
L. L. Vorontsova +2 more
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Paradoxical Use of Benralizumab in Reactive Hypereosinophilia from Toxocariasis and Tuberculosis Co-Infection-Case Report and Literature Review. [PDF]
Int J Mol SciBertici NS +4 more
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Measurement of the IgG Avidity Index in the Diagnosis of Clinical Toxocariasis Patients
Pathogens, 2021 Toxocara spp. are parasitic nematodes responsible for human toxocariasis, a common zoonotic helminth infection. The five main features of human toxocariasis are the classical ocular toxocariasis and visceral larva migrans syndrome, followed by covert ...
Estelle Menu +4 more
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Pulmonary and Liver Toxocariasis Mimicking Metastatic Tumors in a Patient with Colon Cancer
Diagnostics, 2023 Toxocariasis is an uncommon cause of multiple cavitary lung lesions and an ill-defined liver lesion. We herein report a patient with lung and liver toxocariasis, which mimicked metastatic lesions of colon cancer on 18F-FDG PET–CT and chest and abdominal ...
Miju Cheon, Jang Yoo
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Small-area estimation of the probability of toxocariasis in New York City based on sociodemographic neighborhood composition. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Toxocariasis is increasingly recognized as an important neglected infection of poverty (NIP) in developed countries, and may constitute the most important NIP in the United States (US) given its association with chronic sequelae such as asthma and poor ...
Michael G Walsh, M A Haseeb
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