Epidemiology of human toxocariasis in Poland – A review of cases 1978–2009
| Autor: | Anna Borecka, Teresa Kłapeć |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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| Zdroj: | Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine, Vol 22, Iss 1, Pp 28-31 (2015) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1232-1966 1898-2263 12321966 |
| DOI: | 10.5604/12321966.1141364 |
| Popis: | Toxocariasis is a helminthozoonosis due to the infection of humans with larvae belonging to the Toxocara genus. Humans become infected as a result of accidental consumption of infected eggs containing third stage larvae (L3) nematodes from Toxocara canis or Toxocara cati species. Toxocariasis was recognized for the first time in the early 1950s, and the first cases of toxocariasis in Poland were described a few years later. Toxocariasis is clinically classified into several types: classic and incomplete visceral larva migrans (VLM) syndrome, ocular larva migrans (OLM) syndrome, neurological toxocariasis (NLM), covert toxocariasis and asymptomatic toxocariasis. In 1994–2005, 18,367 sera of people suspected of being infected with Toxocara were analysed, 1.8–76% had anti- Toxocara antibodies. In the period 1978–2009, 1,022 clinical cases of toxocariasis were recognized in Poland. In the opinion of the authors, in order to reduce the frequency of toxocariasis in human populations, some prophylaxis should undertaken, e.g. public education of zoonotic diseases, systematic control of animal, deworming of pets, cleaning pets’ faeces by the owners. |
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