ALLMedicine™ Toxocariasis Center

Mar 19th, 2021 - Although raw or undercooked livestock meat or viscera has been suggested to be a source of human toxocariasis, there have been few reports on the prevalence of Toxocara larvae in the tissue of livestock animals. To investigate the presence of Toxo...

Feb 17th, 2021 - Toxocariasis is a zoonotic disease caused mainly by Toxocara canis and Toxocara cati and diagnosis in dogs and cats is an important tool for its control. For this reason, a new coprological loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay was d...

Feb 6th, 2021 - Although Toxocara spp. infection has a worldwide distribution, to our knowledge, no data from birth cohorts have been reported in published studies on the potential for congenital transmission and determinants of infection in early childhood. We f...

Jan 20th, 2021 - Toxocarosis is the consequence of human infection by Toxocara spp. larvae and is one of the most common ascarioses, not only in developing countries, but also in the European region, where its prevalence reaches 14%. Due to their particular behavi...

Jan 6th, 2021 - A boy affected by autism spectrum disorder was admitted for persistent high fever, without shiver, for two weeks. The boy referred to abdominal pain, in the first week of fever, and to mild anorexia in the last days before admittance to our hospit...

Mar 19th, 2021 - Although raw or undercooked livestock meat or viscera has been suggested to be a source of human toxocariasis, there have been few reports on the prevalence of Toxocara larvae in the tissue of livestock animals. To investigate the presence of Toxo...

Feb 17th, 2021 - Toxocariasis is a zoonotic disease caused mainly by Toxocara canis and Toxocara cati and diagnosis in dogs and cats is an important tool for its control. For this reason, a new coprological loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay was d...

Feb 6th, 2021 - Although Toxocara spp. infection has a worldwide distribution, to our knowledge, no data from birth cohorts have been reported in published studies on the potential for congenital transmission and determinants of infection in early childhood. We f...

Jan 20th, 2021 - Toxocarosis is the consequence of human infection by Toxocara spp. larvae and is one of the most common ascarioses, not only in developing countries, but also in the European region, where its prevalence reaches 14%. Due to their particular behavi...

Jan 6th, 2021 - A boy affected by autism spectrum disorder was admitted for persistent high fever, without shiver, for two weeks. The boy referred to abdominal pain, in the first week of fever, and to mild anorexia in the last days before admittance to our hospit...

Dec 11th, 2018 - Case Diagnosis High refractive error is the correct diagnosis, given the normal dilated fundus exam and astigmatism found with the cycloplegic refraction. Pseudoleukocoria, a transient artefactual white pupillary reflex seen on flash-illuminated p...

Jun 9th, 2011 - Action Points Ocular toxocariasis is caused by the ingestion of embryonated eggs of roundworms excreted in the feces of dogs and cats. Although rare, it most often affects young children and can cause serious ophthalmologic disease, including blin...

Visceral toxocariasis typically occurs in children aged 2-7 years. Symptoms include fever, lower respiratory symptoms, hepatomegaly, abdominal pain, and anorexia.

Certain infectious diseases can concentrate in impoverished areas and disproportionately affect minorities, women, and other disadvantaged groups, according to Dr. Paul T.