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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Electrochemical detection of Toxocara canis excretory-secretory antigens in children from rural communities in Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador: association between active infection and high eosinophilia. [PDF]
, 2020 BACKGROUND: The diagnosis of active Toxocara canis infections in humans is challenging. Larval stages of T. canis do not replicate in human tissues and disease may result from infection with a single T. canis larva.
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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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Helminth infections, atopy, asthma and allergic diseases: protocol for a systematic review of observational studies worldwide. [PDF]
, 2020 INTRODUCTION: Childhood infections, particularly those caused by helminths are considered to be important environmental exposures influencing the development of allergic diseases.
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Ears of the Armadillo: Global Health Research and Neglected Diseases in Texas [PDF]
, 2013 Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) have\ud been recently identified as significant public\ud health problems in Texas and elsewhere in\ud the American South. A one-day forum on the\ud landscape of research and development and\ud the hidden burden of NTDs
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Seroprevalence of toxocariasis in children aged 1-9 years in western Islamic Republic of Iran, 2003 [PDF]
, 2007 We determined the seroprevalence of Toxocara canis infection in 544 children under 10 years randomly selected from urban and rural areas of Hamadan, An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was used for detection of antibodies to T.
Azimi, A., Fallah, M., Taherkhani, H.
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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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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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Toxocarosis in the guise of tuberculosis
Детские инфекции (Москва), 2021 The variety of clinical manifestations and the absence of strictly specific features make tuberculosis and toxocariasis difficult to diagnose and treat. Doctors of various specialties are engaged in the diagnosis of toxocariasis, depending on which organ
O. K. Kiselevich +3 more
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Laboratory evaluation of a rapid IgG4 antibody test (BLF Rapid™) for bancroftian filariasis [PDF]
, 2018 At the end phase of the Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis, antibody testing may have a role in decision-making for bancroftian filariasis–endemic areas.
Babu, Subash +7 more
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