Toxocariasis and Epilepsy: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Quattrocchi, Graziella ^a   Nicoletti, Alessandra ^a   Marin, Benoit ^b,c,d   Bruno, Elisa ^a   Druet Cabanac, Michel ^b,c,d   Preux, Pierre Marie ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LIMOGES   (France)

^c CNRS FR 3503 GEIST   (France)

^d LIMOGES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPILEPSY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEROLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARIASIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARIASIS;

EID: 84865995554     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001775     Document Type: Article

References (56)

1. Rubinsky-Elefant G, Hirata CE, Yamamoto JH, Ferreira MU, (2010) Human toxocariasis: diagnosis, worldwide seroprevalences and clinical expression of the systemic and ocular forms. Ann Trop Med Parasitol 104: 3-23.
2. Dada BJ, Lindquist WD, (1979) Studies on flotation techniques for the recovery of helminth eggs from soil and the prevalence of eggs of Toxocara spp in some Kansas public places. J Am Vet Med Assoc 174: 1208-1210.
3. Emehelu CO, Fakae BB, (1986) Prevalence of Toxocara canis ova on playgrounds of nursery schools in Nsukka, Nigeria. Int J Zoonoses 13: 158-161.
4. Shimizu T, (1993) Prevalence of Toxocara eggs in sandpits in Tokushima city and its outskirts. J Vet Med Sci 55: 807-811.
5. Oteifa NM, Moustafa MA, (1997) The potential risk of contracting toxocariasis in Heliopolis district, Cairo, Egypt. J Egypt Soc Parasitol 27: 197-203.
6. Chorazy ML, Richardson DJ, (2005) A survey of environmental contamination with ascarid ova, Wallingford, Connecticut. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 5: 33-39.
7. Guimarães AM, Alves EGL, de Rezende GF, Rodrigues MC, (2005) Toxocara sp. eggs and Ancylostoma sp. larva in public parks, Brazil. Rev Saude Publica 39: 293-295.
8. Rokicki J, Kucharska AP, Dzido J, Karczewska D, (2007) Contamination of playgrounds in Gdańsk city with parasite eggs. Wiad Parazytol 53: 227-230.
9. Tiyo R, Guedes TA, Falavigna DLM, Falavigna-Guilherme AL, (2008) Seasonal contamination of public squares and lawns by parasites with zoonotic potential in southern Brazil. J Helminthol 82: 1-6.
10. Thompson DE, Bundy DA, Cooper ES, Schantz PM, (1986) Epidemiological characteristics of Toxocara canis zoonotic infection of children in a Caribbean community. Bull World Health Organ 64: 283-290.
11. Lynch NR, Eddy K, Hodgen AN, Lopez RI, Turner KJ, (1988) Seroprevalence of Toxocara canis infection in tropical Venezuela. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 82: 275-281.
12. Magnaval JF, Michault A, Calon N, Charlet JP, (1994) Epidemiology of human toxocariasis in La Réunion. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 88: 531-533.
13. Magnaval JF, Glickman LT, Dorchies P, Morassin B, (2001) Highlights of human toxocariasis. Korean J Parasitol 39: 1-11.
14. Sviben M, Cavlek TV, Missoni EM, Galinović GM, (2009) Seroprevalence of Toxocara canis infection among asymptomatic children with eosinophilia in Croatia. J Helminthol 83: 369-371.
15. Stensvold CR, Skov J, Møller LN, Jensen PM, Kapel CMO, et al. (2009) Seroprevalence of human toxocariasis in Denmark. Clin Vaccine Immunol 16: 1372-1373.
16. Hotez PJ, Wilkins PP, (2009) Toxocariasis: America's most common neglected infection of poverty and a helminthiasis of global importance? PLoS Negl Trop Dis 3: e400.
17. Wells DL, (2007) Public understanding of toxocariasis. Public Health 121: 187-188.
18. Smith H, Holland C, Taylor M, Magnaval JF, Schantz P, et al. (2009) How common is human toxocariasis? Towards standardizing our knowledge. Trends Parasitol 25: 182-188.
19. Schantz PM, Glickman LT, (1978) Toxocaral visceral larva migrans. N Engl J Med 298: 436-439.
20. Pawlowski Z, (2001) Toxocariasis in humans: clinical expression and treatment dilemma. J Helminthol 75: 299-305.
21. Good B, Holland CV, Stafford P, (2001) The influence of inoculum size and time post-infection on the number and position of Toxocara canis larvae recovered from the brains of outbred CD1 mice. J Helminthol 75: 175-181.
22. Fan CK, Lin YH, Du WY, Su KE, (2003) Infectivity and pathogenicity of 14-month-cultured embryonated eggs of Toxocara canis in mice. Vet Parasitol 113: 145-155.
23. Finsterer J, Auer H, (2007) Neurotoxocarosis. Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo 49: 279-287.
24. Bächli H, Minet JC, Gratzl O, (2004) Cerebral toxocariasis: a possible cause of epileptic seizure in children. Childs Nerv Syst 20: 468-472.
25. Richartz E, Buchkremer G, (2002) Cerebral toxocariasis: a rare cause of cognitive disorders. A contribution to differential dementia diagnosis. Nervenarzt 73: 458-462.
26. Vidal JE, Sztajnbok J, Seguro AC, (2003) Eosinophilic meningoencephalitis due to Toxocara canis: case report and review of the literature. Am J Trop Med Hyg 69: 341-343.
27. Woodruff AW, Bisseru B, Bowe JC, (1966) Infection with animal helminths as a factor in causing poliomyelitis and epilepsy. Br Med J 1: 1576-1579.
28. Critchley EM, Vakil SD, Hutchinson DN, Taylor P, (1982) Toxoplasma, Toxocara, and epilepsy. Epilepsia 23: 315-321.
29. Bisseru B, (1968) Skin test suggesting human toxocariasis in West Malaysia. Med J Malaya 23: 35-40.
30. Glickman LT, Cypess RH, Crumrine PK, Gitlin DA, (1979) Toxocara infection and epilepsy in children. J Pediatr 94: 75-78.
31. Arpino C, Gattinara GC, Piergili D, Curatolo P, (1990) Toxocara infection and epilepsy in children: a case-control study. Epilepsia 31: 33-36.
32. Epi Info «Epi Info 6» package (1994) World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA.
33. Borenstein M, Hedges L, Higgins J, Rothstein H (2009) Introduction to Meta-Analysis. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
34. Magnaval JF, Fabre R, Maurières P, Charlet JP, de Larrard B, (1991) Application of the western blotting procedure for the immunodiagnosis of human toxocariasis. Parasitol Res 77: 697-702.
35. Nicoletti A, Bartoloni A, Reggio A, Bartalesi F, Roselli M, et al. (2002) Epilepsy, cysticercosis, and toxocariasis: a population-based case-control study in rural Bolivia. Neurology 58: 1256-1261.
36. Nicoletti A, Bartoloni A, Sofia V, Mantella A, Nsengiyumva G, et al. (2007) Epilepsy and toxocariasis: a case-control study in Burundi. Epilepsia 48: 894-899.
37. Nicoletti A, Sofia V, Mantella A, Vitale G, Contrafatto D, et al. (2008) Epilepsy and toxocariasis: a case-control study in Italy. Epilepsia 49: 594-599.
38. Winkler AS, Blocher J, Auer H, Gotwald T, Matuja W, et al. (2008) Anticysticercal and antitoxocaral antibodies in people with epilepsy in rural Tanzania. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 102: 1032-1038.
39. Cucherat M, Boissel J, Leizorovicz A, (1997) EasyMA: a program for the meta-analysis of clinical trials. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine 53: 187-190.
40. Moher D, Liberati A, Tetzlaff J, Altman DG, (2009) Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses: the PRISMA statement. PLoS Med 6: e1000097.
41. Akyol A, Bicerol B, Ertug S, Ertabaklar H, Kiylioglu N, (2007) Epilepsy and seropositivity rates of Toxocara canis and Toxoplasma gondii. Seizure 16: 233-237.
42. Nkouawa A, Sako Y, Itoh S, Kouojip-Mabou A, Nganou CN, et al. (2010) Serological studies of neurologic helminthic infections in rural areas of southwest Cameroon: toxocariasis, cysticercosis and paragonimiasis. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 4: e732.
43. Nsengiyumva G, Druet-Cabanac M, Ramanankandrasana B, Bouteille B, Nsizabira L, et al. (2003) Cysticercosis as a major risk factor for epilepsy in Burundi, east Africa. Epilepsia 44: 950-955.
44. Winkler AS, Kerschbaumsteiner K, Stelzhammer B, Meindl M, Kaaya J, et al. (2009) Prevalence, incidence, and clinical characteristics of epilepsy-a community-based door-to-door study in northern Tanzania. Epilepsia 50: 2310-2313.
45. Commission on Epidemiology and Prognosis of the ILAE (1993) Guidelines for epidemiologic studies on epilepsy. Epilepsia 34: 592-596.
46. Alter M, Allen H (1972) Proposed definitions and classifications of epilepsy for epidemiological purposes. In: The epidemiolgy of epilepsy: a workshop, US Dept HEW, NIH, NINDS 147-148.
47. Senanayake N, Román GC, (1993) Epidemiology of epilepsy in developing countries. Bull World Health Organ 71: 247-258.
48. Commission on Classification and Terminology of the ILAE (1981) Proposal for revised clinical and electroencephalographic classification of epileptic seizures. Epilepsia 22: 489-501.
49. Winkler AS, Schaffert M, Schmutzhard E, (2007) Epilepsy in resource poor countries-suggestion of an adjusted classification. Epilepsia 48: 1029-1030.
50. Hill AB, (1965) The Environment and Disease: Association or Causation? Proc R Soc Med 58: 295-300.
51. Genchi C, Di Sacco B, Gatti S, Sangalli G, Scaglia M, (1990) Epidemiology of human toxocariasis in northern Italy. Parassitologia 32: 313-319.
52. Huminer D, Symon K, Groskopf I, Pietrushka D, Kremer I, et al. (1992) Seroepidemiologic study of toxocariasis and strongyloidiasis in institutionalized mentally retarded adults. Am J Trop Med Hyg 46: 278-281.
53. Schulz KF, Grimes DA, (2006) THE LANCET Handbook of essential concepts in Clinical Research. Elsevier.
54. Quet F, Preux PM, Nicoletti A, (2008) Comment on «Epilepsy and seropositivity rates of Toxocara canis and Toxoplasma gondii». Seizure 17: 296.
55. Roldán WH, Espinoza YA, (2009) Evaluation of an enzyme-linked immunoelectrotransfer blot test for the confirmatory serodiagnosis of human toxocariasis. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 104: 411-418.
56. Fisher M, (2003) Toxocara cati: an underestimated zoonotic agent. Trends Parasitol 19: 167-170.