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Toxocariasis: a silent threat with a progressive public health impact

BACKGROUND: Toxocariasis is a neglected parasitic zoonosis that afflicts millions of the pediatric and adolescent populations worldwide, especially in impoverished communities. This disease is caused by infection with the larvae of Toxocara canis and T. cati, the most ubiquitous intestinal nematode...

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Autores principales: Chen, Jia, Liu, Quan, Liu, Guo-Hua, Zheng, Wen-Bin, Hong, Sung-Jong, Sugiyama, Hiromu, Zhu, Xing-Quan, Elsheikha, Hany M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5998503/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29895324
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40249-018-0437-0