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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 ...
Coralie L'Ollivier
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Epidemiology of human toxocariasis in Poland – A review of cases 1978–2009 [PDF]
Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine, 2015 Toxocariasis is a helminthozoonosis due to the infection of humans with larvae belonging to the Toxocara genus. Humans become infected as a result of accidental consumption of infected eggs containing third stage larvae (L3) nematodes from Toxocara canis
Anna Borecka, Teresa Kłapeć
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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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Adult human case of toxocariasis with pulmonary migratory infiltrate and eosinophilia [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2011 Introduction. Toxocariasis is a zoonosis which is in Serbia characterized with a very high infection rate of dogs and excessive contamination of the soil with the eggs of Toxocara canis, the agent of the disease.
Považan Đorđe +6 more
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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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Iranian Journal of Parasitology, 2021 Background: Human toxocariasis is a neglected parasitic disease in most countries including Iran. Among different clinical forms of toxocariasis, ocular toxocariasis (OT) is an important disease resulting in severe vision loss.
Abdolmajid Fata +6 more
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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2021 Toxocariasis is worldwide endemic parasitic anthropozoonosis with high risk to those in in vulnerable populations and particularly during pregnancy and childhood. Although the prevalence of anti-Toxocara spp. antibodies has been extensively studied, risk
Priscila de Oliveira Azevedo +7 more
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Image Case:Ocular Toxocariasis in 14 Years Old Male. [PDF]
Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases, 2019 Toxocariasis is one of zoonotic infections all over the world that is caused by Toxocara canis and Toxocara cati. Infection with Toxocara occurs by accidentlal ingestion of embryonated eggs or larvae which have been shed in the feces of infected animals.
Tarek Zaher +3 more
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Ocular toxocariasis: a neglected parasitic disease in Egypt
Bulletin of the National Research Centre, 2019 Background Ocular toxocariasis is considered a parasitic disease of major socioeconomic importance. In spite of the high prevalence of human toxocariasis (up to 84%) among Egyptian patients, the incidence of ocular toxocariasis is underestimated.
Nagwa Mostafa El-Sayed +1 more
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DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SEROPREVALENCE OF HUMAN TOXOCARIASIS AMONG THE POPULATION OF NORTH-EASTERN BULGARIA [PDF]
Journal of IMAB, 2021 Toxocariasis is a tissue zoonosis caused by Toxocara spp. and the exposure to these geohelminths varies in different parts of the population in a particular region.
Tatyana Cvetkova +3 more
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