Diseases

Toxocariasis

Infection by round worms of the genus TOXOCARA, usually found in wild and domesticated cats and dogs and foxes, except for the larvae, which may produce visceral and ocular larva migrans in man.

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Abstract

Infection by round worms of the genus TOXOCARA, usually found in wild and domesticated cats and dogs and foxes, except for the larvae, which may produce visceral and ocular larva migrans in man.

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  • Toxocariases

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

an Ascaridida infect but differentiate from TOXASCARIASIS, also an Ascaridida infect; coord IM with species (IM); in animals but check tag ANIMAL; in man, probably is LARVA MIGRANS, VISCERAL

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History Note

89(75); was see under ASCARIASIS 1967-88

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  1. C01w.610w.335w.349.868w
  2. C01w.610w.335w.508w.700.100.868w
  3. C01w.610w.701.377.868w
  4. C22w.674.377.868w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Toxocariasis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014120. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014120
  2. Toxocariasis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxocariasis
  3. Toxocariasis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1345113