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The epidemiology and public health importance of toxocariasis: a zoonosis of global importance.
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The development of molecular tools should lead to new and improved strategies for the treatment, diagnosis and control of toxocariasis and the role of other ascaridoid species in the epidemiology of Toxocara spp.About:
This article is published in International Journal for Parasitology.The article was published on 2013-11-01. It has received 345 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Toxocara canis & Toxocariasis.read more
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The global burden of disease study 2010: interpretation and implications for the neglected tropical diseases.
Peter J. Hotez,Miriam Alvarado,María-Gloria Basáñez,Ian Bolliger,Rupert R A Bourne,Michel Boussinesq,Simon Brooker,Ami Shah Brown,Geoffrey Buckle,Christine M. Budke,Hélène Carabin,Luc E. Coffeng,Eric M. Fèvre,Thomas Fürst,Yara A. Halasa,Rashmi Jasrasaria,Nicole E. Johns,Jennifer Keiser,Charles H. King,Rafael Lozano,Michele E. Murdoch,Simon J. O’Hanlon,Sébastien D. S. Pion,Rachel L. Pullan,Kapa D. Ramaiah,Thomas Roberts,Donald S. Shepard,Jennifer L. Smith,Wilma A. Stolk,Eduardo A. Undurraga,Jürg Utzinger,Mengru Wang,Christopher J L Murray,Mohsen Naghavi +33 more
TL;DR: The publication of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 and the accompanying collection of Lancet articles in December 2012 provided the most comprehensive attempt to quantify the burden of almost 300 diseases, injuries, and risk factors, including neglected tropical diseases (NTDs).
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The role of wild canids and felids in spreading parasites to dogs and cats in Europe. Part II: Helminths and arthropods
Domenico Otranto,Cinzia Cantacessi,Filipe Dantas-Torres,Emanuele Brianti,Martin Pfeffer,Claudio Genchi,Vittorio Guberti,Gioia Capelli,Peter Deplazes +8 more
TL;DR: A complete understanding of the biology, ecology and epidemiology of these parasites is particularly challenging to achieve, especially given the complexity of the environments in which these diseases perpetuate, and advancements in current knowledge of transmission routes are crucial.
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How Behavior of Nontarget Species Affects Perceived Accuracy of Scat Detection Dog Surveys
TL;DR: The trials demonstrate that a scat’s genetic profile can be altered by interactions of nontarget species with target scat via urine-marking, coprophagy, and moving scats with their mouths, all pathways to contamination by nontarget Species’ DNA.
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Cerebral Toxocariasis: Silent Progression to Neurodegenerative Disorders?
TL;DR: A hypothesis is outlined to explore the relationship between the presence of T. canis larvae in the brain and the progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD) due to enhanced AD-associated neurodegenerative biomarker expression.
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Toxocariasis: a silent threat with a progressive public health impact
Jia Chen,Quan Liu,Guo-Hua Liu,Wen-Bin Zheng,Sung-Jong Hong,Hiromu Sugiyama,Xing-Quan Zhu,Hany M. Elsheikha +7 more
TL;DR: Recent advances in the epidemiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis and pharmacotherapies that have been used in the treatment of toxocariasis are reviewed and implementation of new technologies and better understanding of the pathogenesis of toxcariasis can identify new diagnostic biomarkers, which may help in increasing diagnostic accuracy.
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