September 13, 2012 — The presence of antibodies to Toxocara canis, a roundworm in dogs, and Toxocara cati, a roundworm in cats, is higher in individuals with epilepsy than among controls, results of a ...

Human toxocariasis -- a neglected tropical disease found worldwide, can cause a range of allergic, neurological, cardiac, and other symptoms. However, it also goes unnoticed in many people who ...

Dog and cat roundworms have been linked to loss of vision, difficulty breathing, asthma, epilepsy and cognitive decline in people The roundworms of dogs (Toxocara canis) and cats (Toxocara cati) can ...

Vertical starch gel electrophoresis and trefoil immunodiffusion were used to study the systematics of some ascaridoid nematodes. Within the Ascarididae, the time scale of divergence was too great for ...

Ocular larva migrans is a rare inflammatory condition of the eye caused by local reactions to the larva of Toxocara species. These are roundworms which infest dogs and cats as their definitive hosts.

Toxocara larvae, mostly of the species T. canis and T. cati, can infest human hosts to cause various clinical manifestations. These include visceral and ocular larva migrans. Ocular larva migrans is a ...

A 13-year-old aspiring scientist from Schwenksville has revealed a potential public health concern at several parks in Montgomery County. Devyn Stek, a student at St. Teresa of Calcutta School, became ...

hi, i know this sounds silly but toxocara canis scares me, i know that it is extremly rare to occur but pehaps if you can answer a few questions my mind would be set at ease. Your chances of getting ...