background: the present study was carried out on the human population of kashmir valley to evaluate the status of the biochemical parameters of infected population. materials and methods: blood samples were collected from 514 individuals, 298 (57.97%) males and 216 (42.02%) females, 187 (36.38%) were found sero-positive for human toxocariasis. results: alkaline phosphatase level was found highe...

PURPOSE Toxocariasis is the most common cause of peripheral blood eosinophilia in Korea and produces eosinophilic infiltration in various organs, including the lung. However, the prevalence of toxocariasis in the general population is rarely reported. METHODS We investigated the seroprevalence of Toxocara larval antibody among asymptomatic people who attended Samsung Medical Center for a heal...

Abstract Toxocariasis is a zoonotic disease caused mainly by Toxocara canis and cati diagnosis in dogs cats an important tool for its control. For this reason, new coprological loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay was developed the simultaneous detection of these species. The primer set designed on region mitochondrial cox -1 gene. Amplification conditions were evaluated using te...

Contact with raw meat could represent a risk for Toxocara infection. We assessed the association of Toxocara infection with an occupation of meat worker though a case-control seroprevalence study of 124 meat workers and 248 subjects without this occupation. Sera of participants was analyzed for the presence of anti-Toxocara IgG antibodies. One (0.8%) of the 124 meat workers, and 5 (2.0%) of the...