Baylisascaris procyonis is a roundworm of the raccoon found primarily in North America but also known to occur in other parts of the world including South America, Europe, and Japan. Migration of the larvae of this parasite is recognized as a cause of clinical neural larva migrans (NLM) in humans, primarily children. It is manifested as meningoencephalitis associated with marked eosinophilia of...

The aim of this paper is to present an outline forms ocular manifestations visceral larva migrans in children, as illustrated by the extensive photographic documentation. Ocular larval toxocariasis (OLT) has various clinical even childhood age, which age representation influence. most common presence peripheral granuloma eye, frequently with a tractional vitreal streak leading from retinal peri...

Cutaneous larva migrans (CLM) is one of the most common skin diseases among travelers returning from the tropics (1,2). The disease is endemic on Caribbean islands, in Africa, South America, Southeast Asia, and the central and southeastern states of the US. In Europe, only sporadic cases have been reported among travelers returning from tropical countries. CLM is clinically characterized by sli...

See related article on page 126 The article by Figueiredo et al.,1 published in the current issue of Jornal de Pediatria, provides important information about clinical and epidemiological investigation into toxocariasis in the pediatric population. The study analyzes the association of Toxocara canis infection with some variables, such as asthma, cough, recurrent pneumonia, hepatomegaly, and eo...

1. Deiss A, Lee GR, and Cartwright GE: Hemolytic anemia in Wilson's disease, Ann Intern Med 73:413, 1970. 2. Melntyre N, Clink HM, Levi AJ, Cumings JN, and Sherlock S: Hemolytic anemia in Wilson's disease, N Engl J Med 276:439, 1967. 3. Slovis TL, Dubois RS, Rodgerson DO, and Silverman A: The varied manifestations of Wilson's disease, J PEDIATR 78:578, 1971. 4. Walshe JM: Wilson's disease. The ...

Recently the incidence of visceral Jarva migrans has increased in the northern states of Iran. Eight infected patients either from northern states of with a history of the trip to these states, were evaluated in Taleghani Hospital, Shaheed Beheshti University with chief complaints of mild fever, malaise, anorexia, weight loss, hypochondria! pain. High level eosinophilia (more than 20%) in all o...

Among climate change impact on human health, the effects on children living in poor rural areas of developing countries pose a series of question marks and risks related to climate-induced modifications of incidence, prevalence, intensity and geographical distribution of infectious diseases. Parasitic diseases are highly susceptible to climatic variables due to their transmission following the ...

Protozoa and helminthes can affect the lung as a primary site, or a complication. Some parasites have a migration cycle through the lung (larva migrans), inducing blood and tissue eosinophilia. Clinical manifestations of lung involvement could be acute: asthma –like syndrome, or Loeffler’s syndrome, with dyspnea, wheezing, cough; or chronic such as hemoptysis or right heart failure signs. Acute...