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Epidemiology of human toxocariasis in Poland – A review of cases 1978–2009

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
Teresa Kłapeć, Borecka, A., Klapec, T., Anna Borecka, Teresa Kłapeć, Anna Borecka   +5 more
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Features of toxocariasis course in children

Aktualʹnaâ Infektologiâ, 2018
Background. Lack of awareness of physicians, especially pediatricians, about the features of clinical picture and the limitations of laboratory diagnosis of toxocariasis leads to late diagnosis.
I. Perkas, T.V. Sorokman
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Toxocariasis in North America: a systematic review.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2014
Toxocariasis is an important neglected tropical disease that can manifest as visceral or ocular larva migrans, or covert toxocariasis. All three forms pose a public health problem and cause significant morbidity in areas of high prevalence.
Peter J. Hotez (145727), Rachel M. Lee (622674), Rachel M Lee, Hotez, Peter J., Laura B. Moore (622675), Laura B Moore, Bottazzi, Maria Elena, Peter J Hotez, Maria Elena Bottazzi (11043), Lee, Rachel M., Moore, Laura B., Maria Elena Bottazzi   +11 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 ...
Jang Yoo, Miju Cheon
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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.
Fouad I. Boulos, Ramzi Alameddine, Ahmad M. Mansour, Rola N. Hamam, Bachir Abiad, Fadi C. Maalouf, Alaa Bu Ghannam   +6 more
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Toxocariasis: a silent threat with a progressive public health impact [PDF]

Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2018
Background: Toxocariasis is a neglected parasitic zoonosis that afflicts millions of the pediatric and adolescent populations worldwide, especially in impoverished communities.
Jia Chen, Xing-Quan Zhu, Zheng, Wen-Bin, Chen, Jia, Sugiyama, Hiromu, Liu, Guo-Hua, Zhu, Xing-Quan, Guo-Hua Liu, Elsheikha, Hany M., Wen-Bin Zheng, Hany M. Elsheikha, Hiromu Sugiyama, Quan Liu, Hong, Sung-Jong, Liu, Quan, Sung-Jong Hong   +15 more
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Toxocariasis: Current State of the Russian Federation. Message 2: Toxocariasis Morbidity of the Population in Various Administrative Territories of the Russian Federation

Эпидемиология и вакцинопрофилактика, 2015
An assessment of the current toxocariasis situation in the Russian Federation was made. Several data sources have been examined for this purpose - statistical materials on the toxocariasis incidence of the Russian population in 2008 - 2012, the Regional ...
O. Yu. Starostina, S. N. Romanova
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Toxocariasis in Cuba: a literature review [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2012
Human toxocariasis (HT) is a zoonotic disease caused by infection with the larval stage of Toxocara canis, the intestinal roundworm of dogs. Infection can be associated with a wide clinical spectrum varying from asymptomatic to severe organ injury. While
Katja Polman (154672), Rojas, Lazara, Niko Speybroeck (40990), Speybroeck, Niko, Kirezi Kanobana (180452), Polman, K., Núñez, F. A., Niko Speybroeck, Lázara Rojas (180457), Polman, K.; id_orcid, Sariego, I., Fidel A Núñez, Kanobana, K., Nunez, Fidel A., Idalia Sariego (164944), Rojas, L., Kirezi Kanobana, Katja Polman, Fidel A. Núñez (180463), Kanobana, Kirezi, Idalia Sariego, Sariego, Idalia, Lázara Rojas, Nunez, F.A., Polman, Katja, Speybroeck, N.   +25 more
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Knowledge assessment of Cienfuegos´ health workers on human toxocariasis.

Medisur, 2008
Background: Human toxocariasis is one of the most worldwide extended zoonosis. It mainly affects children and it is not always well known by medical staff. Objective: To assess knowledge of Cienfuegos´s health workers on human toxocariasis.
Blanca Elena Duménigo Ripoll, Martina S. Jiménez Suárez   +1 more
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Seroprevalence and Risk Factors of <i>Toxocara</i> spp. in Dogs, Cats, and Their Owners in the City of Villavicencio, Colombia: Interaction With the "One Health" Approach. [PDF]

Vet Med Int
Background Toxocara spp. is one of the most neglected zoonotic soil‐transmitted helminths worldwide, causing toxocariasis in humans. The objective of this study was to determine the seroprevalence of Toxocara spp. in dogs, cats, and their owners, the coprodiagnostic incidence in dogs and cats, the risk factors, and association with atopy in owners of ...
Velásquez Peña MA, Vasquez-Turriago CLA, Vásquez-Trujillo A, Jaramillo-Hernández DA.   +3 more
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