Human toxocariasis is due to the larval stages of the Ascarids Toxocara canis (T. canis) and probably Toxocara catis, common roundworm of dogs and cats respectively. Among the helminthiasis, toxocariasis is one of the most prevalent worldwide, especially in settings where man-soil-dog relationship is particularly close. Even if it tends to be more prevalent in tropical settings, seroprevalence ...

Canids are reservoir for some zoonoses helminthic disease. They are one of main public health problem. Theaim of this study was to ascertain frequency of gastrointestinal helminthic infection of stray dogs in Zabol city,southeaster of Iran. In this descriptive study, 30 stray dogs were euthanized, intestine was removed by necropsy.Then, the intestines was opened by scalpel and their contents pa...

how to cite this article: allahdin s, khademvatan s, rafiei a, momen aa, rafiei r. frequency of toxoplasma and toxocara sp. antibodies in epileptic patients, in south western iran. iran j child neurol. autumn 2015;9(4):32-40. abstract objective epilepsy is a disorder of the brain characterized by an enduring predisposition to generate seizures. infectious agents are mentioned in its etiology. w...

conclusions through these results, the applicability of the used extracts in the control of eggs and/or larvae of t. canis and a. caninum is suggested. however, it is worth mentioning that further studies should be performed with the species e. edulis, m. glomerata and m. laevigata, using different extracts, new concentrations, and in vivo studies, in order to ensure further clarification on th...

background: the effect of temperature and humidity on the maturation of toxocara cati eggs in an in vitro system was investigated. methods: suspensions of toxocara cati eggs, with 5% formalin/saline or 2.5% formalin/ringer were prepared and maintained at 37 °c under 40% humidity or at 25 °c under 98% humidity for 3 weeks for egg development. results: the suspension sample mixed by 2.5% formalin...

We report four cases of passage of subadult or adult Toxocara cati worms by young children ages 20 months to seven years. Worms were expelled rectally in two cases and in two cases they were vomited. A single worm was passed in two cases, three worms in one case, and 15 worms in the fourth case. All worms that were available for study were identified as T. cati by morphologic criteria, includin...

A survey of parasite eggs and cysts in soil and dog feces collected in public places of 23 boroughs of Salvador, a city in the Northeast of Brazil, was performed. High degree of contamination by Toxocara sp eggs was observed in all boroughs studied; other parasites found included: Ascaris lumbricoides, hookworms, whipworms and protozoan cysts. Parks and public gardens were more contaminated tha...

NEMATODE infestations of the eye evoked little or no interest until the middle of the 20th century when Wilder (1950), whilst carrying out a histological survey of 46 cases of pseudogliomata, found nematode larvae or their hyaline capsules in 24, and tissue reactions characteristic of nematode endophthalmitis in the remaining 22. At that time, the larvae found in Wilder's series were believed t...