Seroprevalence of human toxocarosis in Europe: a review and meta-analysis

C Strube, MK Raulf, A Springer, P Waindok… - Advances in …, 2020 - Elsevier
Toxocarosis is distributed worldwide and represents the most prevalent zoonotic helminth
infection in industrialized countries, thereby posing a substantial risk for public health. Thus …

Seroprevalence of larval toxocarosis in the Czech Republic

K Skulinova, J Novak, M Kasny, L Kolarova - Acta Parasitologica, 2020 - Springer
Background Larval toxocarosis (LT), a zoonotic disease transmitted by dogs, cats, and other
carnivores, is caused by roundworms of the genus Toxocara. Humans become infected by …

Risk of human toxocarosis in Poland due to Toxocara infection of dogs and cats

J Gawor, A Borecka, M Marczyńska, S Dobosz… - Acta …, 2014 - degruyter.com
The purpose of this paper was to present the current data on the risk of toxocarosis in
humans in Poland and to give an overview of the clinical and diagnostic aspects of the …

Seroprevalence of human Toxocara infections in the Roma and non-Roma populations of Eastern Slovakia: a cross-sectional study

D Antolová, P Jarčuška, M Janičko… - Epidemiology & …, 2015 - cambridge.org
Socioeconomic conditions and health of the Roma population, the most numerous minority
in Europe, are worse than that of the non-Roma population. Information about the …

[HTML][HTML] Seroepidemiology of human toxocariasis in selected population groups in Slovakia: A cross-sectional study

M Fecková, D Antolová, G Zaleśny, M Halánová… - Journal of Infection and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Human toxocariasis is a cosmopolitan helminthic zoonosis caused by
roundworms of the genus Toxocara. The study aimed at a cross-sectional analysis of …

A systematic review and meta-analysis of canine, feline and human Toxocara infections in sub-Saharan Africa

AO Omonijo, C Kalinda, S Mukaratirwa - Journal of helminthology, 2020 - cambridge.org
Toxocariasis is an emerging zoonotic disease caused by Toxocara canis and T. cati.
Toxocariasis and its etiological agents are of global public health importance, whose burden …

Status of human toxocariasis, a neglected parasitic zoonosis in Iran: a systematic review from past to current

R Shafiei, MT Rahimi, RZ Emameh, M Mirzaei… - Tropical …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Although human toxocariasis can lead to serious complications including neurological,
ocular and visceral complications, there is a lack of comprehensive epidemiological …

Seroprevalence estimates for toxocariasis in people worldwide: A systematic review and meta-analysis

A Rostami, SM Riahi, CV Holland… - PLoS neglected …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background Human toxocariasis is an important neglected disease. We performed a
systematic review and meta-analysis study to estimate the global and regional prevalence of …

Global and regional seroprevalence estimates for human toxocariasis: A call for action

G Ma, A Rostami, T Wang, A Hofmann, PJ Hotez… - Advances in …, 2020 - Elsevier
Human toxocariasis is a parasitic disease transmitted usually from dogs and/or cats that are
infected with Toxocara species, and can be associated with a range of allergic, neurological …

A systematic review and meta-analysis of toxocariasis in Iran: is it time to take it seriously?

MJ Abbaszadeh Afshar, F Zahabiun, P Heydarian… - Acta Parasitologica, 2020 - Springer
Background Toxocariasis is one of the neglected zoonosis with considerable public health
importance around the world. The current study aimed to elucidate the overall prevalence of …