SynthesisPLoS neglected tropical diseases2014
Toxocariasis in North America: a systematic review.
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47 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 121 citations in OpenAlex.
- Human toxocariasis.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Seroprevalence of human toxocariasis in Latin America and the Caribbean: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2023Pooled it
- Prevalence of Toxocara and Toxascaris infection among human and animals in Iran with meta-analysis approach.BMC infectious diseases · 2020Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of Toxocariasis: A Neglected But High-Prevalence Disease in Brazil.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2016Pooled it
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- Epidemiological study ofFrontiers in veterinary science · 2026Article
- Toxocariasis in 62-year-old man with eosinophilia.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2025Article
- Seroprevalence of Toxocara spp. infection and its associated factors among children in Vietnam: A cross-sectional study.Medicine · 2025Article
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- Toxocariasis as an Elderly Zoonosis: Seroprevalence, Neurocognitive Assessment, and Associated Risk Factors in Persons 50 Years and Older.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- An update on toxocariasis in Reunion Island: a retrospective study.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Morphological and molecular identification of Toxocara isolated from road-killed golden jackals in Northern Iran.BMC veterinary research · 2025Article
- New records of endoparasites and ectoparasites in free-living road-killed wild animals in the Pampa biome, Southern Brazil.Veterinary research communications · 2024Article
- Presumptive pulmonary toxocariasis in a patient affected by acute myeloid leukemia and Hodgkin lymphoma: case report and review of the literature in immunocompromised hosts.Le infezioni in medicina · 2024Article
- Molecular investigation of Toxocara infection from the serum of people living with HIV in Alborz, Iran.BMC infectious diseases · 2023Article
- The epidemiology and control ofParasite epidemiology and control · 2022Article
- Allergic asthma manifestations in human and seropositivity toFrontiers in medicine · 2022Article
- The Value of the Antibody Detection in the Diagnosis of Ocular Toxocariasis and the Aqueous Cytokine Profile Associated With the Condition.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Article
- Detection of antigens and anti-Toxocara canis antibodies in children with different asthma severities.Immunity, inflammation and disease · 2021Article
- Acute-Onset Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis and Ascites Secondary to Occult Toxocariasis.ACG case reports journal · 2021Article
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Abstract
Toxocariasis is an important neglected tropical disease that can manifest as visceral or ocular larva migrans, or covert toxocariasis. All three forms pose a public health problem and cause significant morbidity in areas of high prevalence. To determine the burden of toxocariasis in North America, we conducted a systematic review of the literature following PRISMA guidelines. We found 18 articles with original prevalence, incidence, or case data for toxocariasis. Prevalence estimates ranged from 0.6% in a Canadian Inuit community to 30.8% in Mexican children with asthma. Commonly cited risk factors included: African-American race, poverty, male sex, and pet ownership or environmental contamination by animal feces. Increased prevalence of Toxocara spp. infection was linked in a group of case control studies conducted in Mexico to several high risk groups including waste pickers, asthmatic children, and inpatient psychiatry patients. Further research is needed to determine the true current burden of toxocariasis in North America; however the prevalence estimates gathered in this review suggest that the burden of disease is significant.
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