Toxocariasis: a silent threat with a progressive public health impact

Background: Toxocariasis is a neglected parasitic zoonosis that afflicts millions of the pediatric and adolescent populations worldwide, especially in impoverished communities. This disease is caused by infection with the larvae of Toxocara canis and T. cati, the most ubiquitous intestinal nematode...

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Main Authors: Chen, Jia, Liu, Quan, Liu, Guo-Hua, Zheng, Wen-Bin, Hong, Sung-Jong, Sugiyama, Hiromu, Zhu, Xing-Quan, Elsheikha, Hany M.
Format: Article
Published: BioMed Central 2018
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/52433/