Toxocariasis: America's most common neglected infection of poverty and a helminthiasis of global importance?

PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2009;3(3):e400. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000400. Epub 2009 Mar 31.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Helminth / blood
  • Antigens, Helminth / blood
  • Cats
  • Developing Countries
  • Disease Reservoirs / parasitology
  • Dogs
  • Global Health
  • Humans
  • Liver / parasitology
  • Liver / pathology
  • Poverty
  • Risk Factors
  • Sanitation
  • Toxocara*
  • Toxocariasis / diagnosis
  • Toxocariasis / epidemiology*
  • Toxocariasis / prevention & control
  • United States / epidemiology

Substances

  • Antibodies, Helminth
  • Antigens, Helminth