The epidemiology and public health importance of toxocariasis: A zoonosis of global importance

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 43, Issue 12-13, 2013, Pages 999-1008

  Macpherson, Calum N L ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

Author keywords

Covert toxocariasis; Epidemiology; Neurotoxocariasis; Ocular larva migrans; Toxocara canis; Toxocara cati; Toxocariasis; Visceral larva migrans

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; AVERMECTIN; CORTICOSTEROID; EMODEPSIDE; FENBENDAZOLE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IVERMECTIN; MEBENDAZOLE; MILBEMYCIN; MOXIDECTIN; MUCIN; NITROSCANATE; PIPERAZINE; PYRANTEL; SELAMECTIN; TIABENDAZOLE; TOXOCARA CANIS ANTIBODY; TOXOCARA EXCRETORY SECRETORY ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACCINE;

EGG; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; LARVA; PARASITIC DISEASE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ASCARIS SUUM; ASTHMA; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; AWARENESS; BAYLISASCARIS PROCYONIS; CHORIORETINITIS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE ELIMINATION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ECHOOCULOGRAPHY; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHILIA; EPILEPSY; FECAL FLOTATION TECHNIQUE; FOOD INTAKE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRANULOMATOUS HEPATITIS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOST; HUMAN; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LARVA; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MIXED INFECTION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MYOCARDITIS; NEGLECTED DISEASE; NEUROTOXOCARIASIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCULAR LARVA MIGRANS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PET ANIMAL; POPULATION MIGRATION; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RARE DISEASE; RAW FOOD; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; SKIN DISEASE; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARA CATI; TOXOCARA VITULORUM; TOXOCARIASIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VACCINATION; VISCERAL LARVA MIGRANS SYNDROME; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WILD ANIMAL; ZOONOSIS; ZYGOTE;

ASCARIDOIDEA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARA CATI;

COVERT TOXOCARIASIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; NEUROTOXOCARIASIS; OCULAR LARVA MIGRANS; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARA CATI; TOXOCARIASIS; VISCERAL LARVA MIGRANS;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; TOXOCARIASIS; WORLD HEALTH; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84884703415     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: 18790135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2013.07.004     Document Type: Review

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