Toxocariasis

Toxocariasis is helminth infection of humans caused by the dog or cat roundworm, Toxocara canis or Toxocara cati, respectively. Humans can become infected by ingestion of embryonated eggs from contaminated sources. There are two main syndromes; visceral larva migrans , which encompasses diseases associated with major organs, and ocular larva migrans , in which toxocariasis pathological effects on the host are restricted to the eye and the optic nerve. (From the Wikpedia article Toxocariasis.)

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Recent Publications on Toxocariasis:
Toxocariasis resulting in seeming allergy. Toxocara canis is an intestinal nematode affecting dogs and cats that...	4th February, 2010	Allergy Service, Istituti Clinici di Perfezionamento, Milan, Italy.	Iran J Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2009 Sep;8(3):161-4. DOI Direct Link
Seroprevalence of human toxocariasis (visceral larva migrans). A total of 455 patients who fulfilled the inclusion criteria were included...	4th February, 2010	Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University,	J Egypt Soc Parasitol. 2009 Dec;39(3):731-44.
[Tropical causes of epilepsy] INTRODUCTION: Eighty-five percent of all epileptics live in tropical...	2nd February, 2010	Servicio de Neurologia, Hospital Virgen de Luz, Cuenca, Espana.	Rev Neurol. 2009 Nov 1-15;49(9):475-82.
[Eosinophilia--differential diagnosis and clarification] Toxocara cati (T. cati) and Toxocara canis (T. canis), roundworms of cats...	2nd February, 2010	Spital Zimmerberg,	Praxis (Bern 1994). 2009 Jul 29;98(15):797-806. DOI Direct Link
Toxocariasis might be an important cause of atopic myelitis in Korea. Atopic myelitis is defined as myelitis with atopic diasthesis but the...	28th January, 2010	Department of Medicine, Center for Health Promotion, Samsung Medical	J Korean Med Sci. 2009 Dec;24(6):1024-30. Epub 2009 Nov 7. DOI Direct Link
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Toxocariasis Clinical Trials:
Treatment of Asymptomatic Toxocariasis With Albendazole in Children

Toxocariasis Patents:
US Patent No.	Title
6303774	Nucleoside pyrophosphate and triphosphate analogs and related compounds
6902743	Therapeutic treatment and prevention of infections with a bioactive material(s) encapuslated within a biodegradable-bio-compatable polymeric matrix
6946546	Human antibodies against eotaxin
7060723	Treating neurological disorders using selective antagonists of persistent sodium current
7091232	4-(substituted cycloalkylmethyl) imidazole-2-thiones, 4-(substituted cycloalkenylmethyl) imidazole-2-thiones, 4-(substituted cycloalkylmethyl) imidazol-2-ones and 4-(substituted cycloalkenylmethyl) imidazol-2-ones and related compounds
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