He and his colleagues undertook a study called Quantifying sources of environmental contamination with
Toxocara species, which was published in Veterinary Parasitology.
Um dos helmintos zoonoticos mais conhecidos e
Toxocara sp.
It is caused by a parasite, known as
Toxocara Canis, also commonly referred to as roundworm.
Toxocara infection is a zoonotic disease caused by
Toxocara canis or
Toxocara cati nematodes.
According to laboratory findings, hemogram, peripheral smear, erythrocyte sedimentation rate and other biochemical tests were normal, C-reactive protein was negative, serologic analyses were normal,
toxocara immunoglobulin (Ig) M and toxoplasma IgM-IgG were negative.
Toxocariasis is a human infection caused by larvae (immature worms) of either
Toxocara canis or
Toxocara cati.
The predominant specie was
Toxocara canis (45.2%) (TABLE I).
The serum
toxocara, toxoplasma, brucella, syphilis, hepatitis markers, and human immunodeficiency virus serology were all negative.
Roundworm eggs found in dog mess (
toxocara canis) can easily be picked up by children.
Toxocara cati is the most common feline roundworm, or ascarid, found in cats, affecting more than 25 percent of all cats.