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Management and treatment options for human toxocariasis

By C. V. Holland (editor), H. V. Smith (editor), Jean-Francois Magnaval, Larry Glickman

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Introduction:
Human toxocariasis is a zoonosis caused by infective larvae of Toxocara canis (Beaver, 1956) or Toxocara cati (Nagakura et al., 1990). These ascarids are commonly found in the tissues (larvae) and intestinal tract (adult worms) of dogs and cats, respectively. Infection results from ingestion of embryonated eggs in soil (Glickman and Schantz, 1981) or on contaminated fomites (Vazquez Tsuji et al., 1997). Live larvae can be ingested with raw or undercooked meat, giblets or offal (Nagakura et al., 1989; Stu¨rchler et al., 1990; Fan et al., 2004; Taira et al., 2004).

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URL http://www.cabi.org/cabebooks/FullTextPDF/2006/20063030130.pdf
Book Title Toxocara: The Enigmatic Parasite.
Pages 113-126
Language English
Publisher CABI
ISBN/ISSN 9781845930264
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  1. Animal welfare 6325
  2. Cats 906
  3. Central nervous system 9
  4. Disease 247
  5. Dogs 3187
  6. Health 529
  7. Humans 724
  8. infection 10
  9. Laboratory and experimental animals 392
  10. Toxocara 2
  11. Toxocara canis 2