D Katterine Bonilla-Aldana, Laura Valentina Morales-Garcia, Juan R Ulloque Badaracco, Melany D Mosquera-Rojas, Esteban A Alarcón-Braga, Enrique A Hernandez-Bustamante, Ali Al-Kassab-Córdova, Vicente A Benites-Zapata, Alfonso J Rodriguez-Morales, Olinda Delgado
INTRODUCTION: Toxocariasis is an infection caused in canines, felines, humans, and other vertebrates by species of the genus Toxocara , such as T. canis and T. cati . The embryonated eggs of these parasites are the main form of acquisition of the infection both for definitive hosts, such as the dog and the cat, respectively and for paratenic hosts, such as humans and other vertebrates. Toxocariasis infection in humans causes visceral larva migrans syndrome. When deposited on park soils, environmental contamination becomes a risk for environmental, human, and animal health...
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