Toxocariasis, Toxocariasis

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Parasitic diseases. "Fact Sheet: Toxocariasis." 5 Nov. 2007. 19 Jan. 2009.

Huh, Sun and Sooung Lee. eMedicine from WebMD. Toxocariasis. 20 Aug. 2008. 26 Jan. 2009.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Parasitic diseases. "Fact Sheet: Toxocariasis." Huh, Sun and Sooung Lee. eMedicine from WebMD. Toxocariasis. 20 Aug. 2008. 26 Jan. 2009.

Harris-Linton, Megan. The University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web. Toxocara canis. 2001. 26 Jan. 2009 Despommier, D. Toxocariasis: clinical aspects, epidemiology, medical ecology, and molecular aspects. Clin Microbiol Rev. 2003;16:265272. 26 Jan. 2009 The males each have spicules and one tubular tesis. Harris-Linton, Megan. The University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web. Toxocara canis. 2001. 26 Jan. 2009 Females can be as long as 15 cm, with the vulva stretching one third of their bodylength. Harris-Linton, Megan. The University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web. Toxocara canis. 2001. 26 Jan. 2009 The females do not curve at the posterior end. Harris-Linton, Megan. The University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web. Toxocara canis. 2001. 26 Jan. 2009 Despommier, D. Toxocariasis: clinical aspects, epidemiology, medical ecology, and molecular aspects. Clin Microbiol Rev. 2003;16:265272. 26 Jan. 2009 T. cati adult females are approximately 10 cm long, while males are typically 6 cm or less.

Holland, Celia and H.V. Smith. Toxocara: The Enigmatic Parasite. Wallingford, UK and Cambridge, MA: CABI Publishing, 2006. 26 Jan. 2009 Despommier, D. Toxocariasis: clinical aspects, epidemiology, medical ecology, and molecular aspects. Clin Microbiol Rev. 2003;16:265272. 26 Jan. 2009 Larvae enter the bloodstream and migrate to the lungs, where they are coughed up and swallowed.

Holland, Celia and H.V. Smith. Toxocara: The Enigmatic Parasite. Wallingford, UK and Cambridge, MA: CABI Publishing, 2006. 26 Jan. 2009 Huh, Sun and Sooung Lee. eMedicine from WebMD. Toxocariasis. 20 Aug. 2008. 26 Jan. 2009.

Holland, Celia and H.V. Smith. Toxocara: The Enigmatic Parasite. Wallingford, UK and Cambridge, MA: CABI Publishing, 2006. 26 Jan. 2009 ELISAs are much more reliable and currently have a 78% sensitivity and a 90% specificity. Auweerter, Paul. Johns Hopkins. Point-of-Care Information Technology Center: ABX Guide. Toxocariasis. 8 Jan. 2008. 19 Feb. 2009 A 2007 study announced an ELISA specific to Toxocara canis , which will minimize false positives from cross reactions with similar roundworms and will help distinguish if a patient is infected with T. canis or T. cati . Iddawela, R.D., R.P.V.J. Rajapakse, N.A.N.D. Perera and Takeshi Agatsuma. Characterization of a Toxocara canis species-specific excretory-secretory antigen (TcES-57) and development of a double sandwich ELISA for diagnosis of visceral larva migrans. Korean Journal of Parasitology. Vol. 45, No. 1: 19-26, March 2007.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Parasitic diseases. New CDC study results show Toxocara infection more common than previously thought. 19 Jan. 2009 Review of Optometry Online: Handbook of Ocular Disease Management. "Toxocariasis: Ocular Larva Migrans". 26 Jan. 2009 Permanent vision loss occurs in 700 of these cases. Review of Optometry Online: Handbook of Ocular Disease Management. "Toxocariasis: Ocular Larva Migrans". 26 Jan. 2009 Young children are at the greatest risk of infection because they play outside and tend to place contaminated objects and dirt in their mouths. Markell, Edward K. and Marietta Voge. Markell and Voges Medical Parasitology.

Despommier, D. Toxocariasis: clinical aspects, epidemiology, medical ecology, and molecular aspects. Clin Microbiol Rev. 2003;16:265272. 26 Jan. 2009 There is also a significant correlation between high Toxocara antibody titers and epilepsy in children. Markell, Edward K. and Marietta Voge. Markell and Voges Medical Parasitology.

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