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Visceral larval migrans of Toxocara canis and Toxocara cati in non-canid and non-felid hosts by Timothy Wu; Dwight D. Bowman is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Visceral larval migrans of Toxocara canis and Toxocara cati in non-canid and non-felid hosts about?
Toxocara canis and Toxocara cati are considered the most ubiquitous gastrointestinal helminths in domesticated canids and felids. Ascarid eggs passed in the faeces of canids and felids in a suitable environment may remain infective for years and are capable of infecting not only canids and felids, but a large range of other vertebrate paratenic hosts, including man. Infection with Toxocara species also occurs following the ingestion of paratenic hosts containing infective larvae. As infective larvae are incapable of completing their lifecycle in these hosts, they instead travel to different parts of the body, sometimes inducing inflammatory responses, and in some cases remaining entrapped in the body for years. Migration routes depend on the host species; however, nearly all organs may be affected with varying quantities of larval burdens.
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- Author
- Timothy Wu; Dwight D. Bowman
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)