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Toxocariasis: a review

, 2016
Human toxocariasis is a parasitic infection caused by the ingestion of larvae of dog nematode Toxocara canis and less frequently of cat nematode T.cati. In this review, current information about human toxocariasis which is a rare but an important problem
Mehmet Burak Selek, Ergenekon Karagoz, Orhan Baylan   +2 more
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Report of the Scientific Committee of the Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition (AESAN) on the effects of climate change on the risk of transmission of foodborne pathogens

Food Risk Assess Europe, Volume 3, Issue 3, July 2025.
Abstract The Scientific Committee of the Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition (AESAN) has carried out an updated review of the scientific evidence on the influence of climate change on the transmission of foodborne pathogens. This global phenomenon represents an emerging threat to food safety and public health, since alterations in weather ...
Antonio Valero Díaz, Rosa María Capita González, Baltasar Mayo Pérez, Azucena del Carmen Mora Gutiérrez, María Dolores Rodrigo Aliaga, Gloria Sánchez Moragas, Paula Arrabal Durán   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Perceived Threat of Zoonotic Infections in Abattoir Workers in the Tamale Metropolis of Ghana: An Assessment of Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices

Public Health Challenges, Volume 4, Issue 2, June 2025.
Most abattoir workers (90.2%) knew that humans can get zoonotic diseases from the animals they handle. However, some respondents believe that witchcraft (20.0%), curses (20.8%) and supernatural powers (18.0%) cause zoonotic diseases. ABSTRACT Background Abattoir workers are more prone to acquiring zoonotic diseases.
Benjamin Nuhu Tingbani, Ezekiel Kofi Vicar, Stephen Apanga, Elijah Bisuman Sambian, Samuel Tamanyian Suuk, Edmond Nakinpaak Biibantib, Williams Walana   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prolonged Fever in Children: An Inpatient Diagnostic Framework for Infections in Australia

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, Volume 61, Issue 4, Page 532-539, April 2025.
ABSTRACT There are many causes of fever in children, ranging from common and self‐limiting to serious and life threatening. Careful assessment of children with prolonged fever without an obvious or identified source requires detailed history and examination with consideration of infections unique to the specific geographical region and individual ...
Heshani Rupasinghe, Clare Nourse, Jennifer Robson, Angela Berkhout   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Human toxocariasis

Clinical Microbiology Reviews
SUMMARY Human toxocariasis is a globally prevalent zoonotic parasitic infection caused by larvae of Toxocara species, primarily Toxocara canis and Toxocara cati .
Susana Lopez-Alamillo, Pravallika Padyala, Megan Carey, Megan M. Duffey, Jill E. Weatherhead   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Opinion of the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES) on the presence of Toxocara spp. parasites in wild boar meat

Food Risk Assess Europe, Volume 3, Issue 2, April 2025.
Abstract This document presents the opinion of the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES), established from the work of its BIORISK Expert Committee. Two questions were presented to ANSES by the French Directorate General for Food, relating to the establishment of a risk profile for Toxocara spp.
Philippe Fravalo, Frédéric Auvray, Mickaël Boni, Frédéric Borges, Gilles Bornert, Catherine Chubilleau, Monika Coton, Georges Daube, Noémie Desriac, Florence Dubois‐Brissonnet, Michel Federighi, Michel Gautier, Michèle Gourmelon, Sandrine Guillou, Stéphane Guyot, Didier Hilaire, Nathalie Jourdan‐da Silva, Claire Le Henaff‐Le Marrec, Sandra Martin‐Latil, Jeanne‐Marie Membré, Eric Oswald, Nadia Oulahal, Pascal Piveteau, Sabine Schorr‐Galindo, Régine Talon, Isabelle Villena, Isabelle Vallée, Laurent Guillier   +27 more
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Seroprevalence of Toxocara Infection among Asthmatic Children in Shiraz City, Southern Iran

Iranian Journal of Parasitology, 2021
Background: Human toxocariasis is caused by Toxocara canis and T. cati, the nematodes in the intestine of dogs and cats, respectively. Since the association between asthma and toxocariasis is controversial, the aim of the present study was to investigate
Amir Masoud Salemi, Nasir Arefkhah, Fattaneh Mikaeili, Hamed Rabbani, Hesamodin Nabavizadeh   +4 more
doaj  

Discovery of Novel Thiazolohydrazone Derivatives as an Alternative Option in the Treatment of Zoonotic Toxocara canis: In Vitro and In Silico Evaluation

Veterinary Medicine and Science, Volume 11, Issue 1, January 2025.
The study revealed that, when evaluating all thiazolohydrazone derivatives together, Compounds 3g and 3h possessed the highest antiparasitic efficiency, encouraging further molecular dynamics investigations on these compounds. ABSTRACT Thiazoles serve as pharmacophores in many molecules that exhibit significant biological activity.
Mustafa Eser, Derya Osmaniye
wiley   +1 more source

Features of structure and dynamics in damages of fertile properties in ejaculate under the influence of toxocariasis invasion

Сучасні медичні технології, 2020
Purpose of the study. To study the features of changes of spermiologic values and degree of spermatozoa DNA fragmentation depending on the presence/absence of toxocariasis invasion. Materials and methods.
L. L. Voroncova, S. O. Kenijz, V. A. Kovalenko   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Investigation of the Occurrence of Zoonotic Intestinal Parasites along the Karmanasa River Bank in Lalitpur, Nepal

Veterinary Medicine and Science, Volume 11, Issue 1, January 2025.
Summary • Twenty‐one intestinal zoonotic parasites out of 28 were detected. • Parasitic burden measured by eggs per gram (EPG) was heavy on the river bank. • Cross‐transmission of intestinal parasites among co‐habiting animals may occur. ABSTRACT Introduction Increasing urbanization has particularly affected rivers and their outer edges in cities ...
Roshan Babu Adhikari, Diksha Ghimire, Tirth Raj Ghimire   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source