HUMAN TOXOCARIASIS: CONTRIBUTION BY BRAZILIAN RESEARCHERS

In the present paper the main aspects of the natural history of human infection by Toxocara larvae that occasionally result in the occurrence of visceral and/or ocular larva migrans syndrome were reviewed. The contribution by Brazilian researchers was emphasized, especially the staff of the Tropical...

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Published in:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo 2009-12, Vol.51 (6), p.301-308
Main Authors: PAULO CHIEFFI, Pedro, VIEIRA DOS SANTOS, Sérgio, LEITE DE QUEIROZ, Maisa, ZEVALLOS LESCANO, Susana A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Biological and medical sciences
Biomedical Research - statistics & numerical data
Brazil - epidemiology
Diseases caused by nematodes
Dogs
General aspects
Helminthic diseases
Humans
Infectious diseases
Larva migrans syndromes
Larva Migrans, Visceral - complications
Larva Migrans, Visceral - diagnosis
Larva Migrans, Visceral - epidemiology
Medical sciences
Mice
Parasitic diseases
Research Personnel
Toxocariasis - complications
Toxocariasis - diagnosis
Toxocariasis - epidemiology
TROPICAL MEDICINE
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Summary:In the present paper the main aspects of the natural history of human infection by Toxocara larvae that occasionally result in the occurrence of visceral and/or ocular larva migrans syndrome were reviewed. The contribution by Brazilian researchers was emphasized, especially the staff of the Tropical Medicine Institute of São Paulo (IMT).
ISSN:0036-4665
1678-9946
1678-9946
0036-4665
DOI:10.1590/S0036-46652009000600001