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Survey of Toxocara eggs on Dog Hair as a Potential Transmission Route in Human Toxocariasis in Northeastern Iran

BACKGROUND: Toxocara canis is a gastrointestinal nematode of dogs and other canids with high zoonotic potential. Human infection occurs following ingestion of infective eggs that have been passed in the dogs’ feces. Contact with contaminated soils, is one of the most important risk factors for human...

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Autores principales: SASANNEJAD, Neda, KHOSHNEGAH, Javad, BAKHSHANI, Amin, BORJI, Hassan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7311820/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32595715