Raccoon roundworm infection: What a child health care practitioner in Canada needs to know about a rare but important zoonotic helminth infection.

Autor:	Kazmi, Kescha, Dubisi, Fatimah Al, Morris, Shaun K
Předmět:	ANTHELMINTICS ADRENOCORTICAL hormones AGE distribution BIOPSY BLOOD cell count ENZYME-linked immunosorbent assay IMMUNOGLOBULINS PEDIATRICIANS PEDIATRICS PROFESSIONS SERODIAGNOSIS ASCARIDIDA infections DISEASE risk factors THERAPEUTICS
Zdroj:	Paediatrics & Child Health (1205-7088); Jun2019, Vol. 24 Issue 3, p135-136, 2p
Abstrakt:	The article focuses on the need to develop treatments for children infected with Baylisascaris procyonis which can lead to serious complications. It talks about the Baylisascaris procyonis being found in the gastrointestinal tract of raccoons and transmits through the fecal-oral route. It tells about disorders like isceral larva migrans (VLM), neural larva migrans (NLM) and ocular larva migrans (OLM) being caused by the worm.
Databáze:	Complementary Index
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