Toxocara and toxocariasis. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Volume editor, Dwight D. Bowman.
• Editors: Bowman, Dwight D
• Contents: PART I - The organism and the recognition of the disease ; 1. Toxocara: Protecting pets and improving the lives of people; 2. History of Toxocara and the associated larva migrans; 3. The anatomy of the third-stage larva of Toxocara canis and Toxocara cati; 4. Visceral larval migrans of Toxocara canis and Toxocara cati in non-canid and non-felid hosts; 5. Toxocara “omics” and the promises it holds for medicine and veterinary medicine; PART II - The effects of infection, host response to infection, diagnosis, and treatment of people ; 6. Toxocariasis and the clinical spectrum; 7. Serodiagnostic methods for diagnosing larval toxocariasis; 8. Clinical pathology of larval toxocariasis; 9. Imaging of toxocariasis; 10. Toxocara-induced neural larva migrans (neurotoxocarosis) in rodent model hosts; 11. Neurotoxocariasis; 12. Pathogenesis of cerebral toxocariasis and neurodegenerative diseases; 13. Neurocognitive and neuropsychiatric effects of toxocariasis; PART III – Epidemiology ; 14. Global and regional seroprevalence estimates for human toxocariasis: A call for action; 15. Toxocara seroprevalence in Canada—Climate, environment and culture; 16. Toxocara seroprevalence in the USA and its impact for individuals and society; 17. Toxocara: Seroprevalence in Mexico; 18. Seroprevalence Brazil; 19. Seroprevalence of human toxocarosis in Europe: A review and meta-analysis; 20. Seroprevalence and incidence of human toxocarosis in Russia; 21. Current epidemic situation of human toxocariasis in China; 22. Seroprevalence of Toxocara spp. infection in Southeast Asia and Taiwan; 23. Sources and seroprevalence of toxocariasis in Turkey; 24. Seroprevalence of Toxocara spp. antibodies in humans in Africa: A review; 25. Seroepidemiology of human toxocariasis in North Africa; PART IV - Dogs (and cats) disease, diagnosis, prevalence of infection, and treatment ; 26. Pathology of larvae and adults in dogs and cats; 27. Antigen detection: Insights into Toxocara and other ascarid infections in dogs and cats; 28. Global prevalence of Toxocara infection in dogs; 29. Sources of environmental contamination with Toxocara spp.: An omnipresent parasite; 30. Global prevalence of Toxocara infection in cats; 31. Toxocara spp. in dogs and cats in Canada; 32. Toxocara canis and Toxocara cati in domestic dogs and cats in the United States, Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean: A review; 33. Toxocara prevalence in dogs and cats in Brazil; 34. Prevalence of Toxocara spp. in dogs and cats in South America (excluding Brazil); 35. Prevalence of patent Toxocara spp. infections in dogs and cats in Europe from 1994 to 2019; 36. Toxocara prevalence in dogs, cats and the environment in Russia; 37. Canine Toxocariosis: Its prevalence, incidence and occurrence in the Indian subcontinent; 38. Epidemiology of Toxocara spp. in dogs and cats in mainland China, 2000–2019; 39. Prevalence of Toxocara in dogs and cats in Africa; 40. Toxocara canis in Australia; 41. Toxocariasis: A neglected infection for the Anthropocene epoch
• Publisher Details: Amsterdam : Academic Press
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 616.965; Toxocara; Larva migrans, Visceral
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780128209592
• Related ISBNs: 9780128209585
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