An investigation was carried out to determine whether a relationship existed between infections with Toxoplasma gondii and Toxocara canis. Antibodies were sought by the toxoplasma dye test and the toxocara skin sensitivity test. Sixty-seven patients were examined in the United Kingdom; 38 had positive toxoplasma dye tests, two of these being toxocara-positive; and 29 had negative dye tests, six...

PURPOSE This study evaluated the prevalence of ocular toxocariasis (OT) in patients with uveitis of unknown etiology who visited a tertiary hospital in South Korea and assessed the success of serum anti-Toxocara immunoglobulin G (IgG) enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) as a diagnostic test for OT. METHODS The records of consecutive patients with intraocular inflammation of unknown etio...

Background: Human toxocariosis is a parasitic zoonosis caused by larval forms of the genus Toxocara. The eggs hatch after being ingested, penetrate the intestinal wall and migrate via the blood stream through to the liver, hence spread to other organs. Erratic larval migration by the different soft tissues in humans, generates four syndromes, Visceral Larva Migrans, Ocular Larva Migrans, neurot...

In the present study, fecal samples from 445 stray dogs, collected during July 2008 to December 2012 were examined for gastrointestinal parasites. Fecal samples were collected throughout the six parishes of the country, under the national rabies control program. Fecal samples were examined for gastrointestinal (GI) parasites by flotation technique. Out of 445 dogs 394 (88.5 %) (95% Confidence i...

mopolitan roundworms that infect dogs, especially puppies, and cats. T. canis infection in humans occurs by ingestion of the embryonic eggs, which are shed in the feces of infected dogs. Toxocariasis is manifested in three different syndromes: visceral larva migrans (VLM), ocular larva migrans (OLM), and covert toxocariasis (1, 2). VLM is usually a disease of children 1 to 6 year old, and it ma...

Гельмінти є досить поширеними паразитами хатніх тварин. Але питанню моніторингу зараження тварин не приділяється достатньої уваги, хоча більшість їх гельмінтів збудниками зоонозів, особливо поширених серед дітей дошкільного віку. Розповсюдженою зоонозною гельмінтною інвазією Токсокароз. Токсокара це нематода яка паразитує у кишківнику собак та котів. Зараження яких відбувається шляхом поїдання ...

The use of sludge in agriculture has been encouraged as a means of increasing soil nutrient content and improving the water holding capacity. On the negative side, major public health concerns with sludge application prevail, mainly due to the high concentration of pathogenic microorganisms. Soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) are of major health concern in this regard, especially in endemic regi...