Presentation
The natural final host is the arctic fox; sledge dogs were kept in large numbers by the Yup'ik residents of the island, and voles were most commonly affected where dogs were present. [bioone.org]
There is a risk to the sight, particularly in children, from an infection called toxocariasis which is caused by a parasite present in animal faeces, predominantly dogs. [it.bab.la]
Skin
- Cutaneous Larva Migrans
larva migrans Necator americanus Necatoriasis Angiostrongylus cantonensis Angiostrongyliasis Metastrongylus Metastrongylosis Ascaridida Ascaris lumbricoides Ascariasis Anisakis Anisakiasis Toxocara canis / T. cati Visceral larva migrans / Toxocariasis [en.wikipedia.org]
Workup
Microbiology
- Paragonimus Westermani
westermani / P. kellicotti Paragonimiasis Intestinal fluke Fasciolopsis buski Fasciolopsiasis Metagonimus yokogawai Metagonimiasis Heterophyes heterophyes Heterophyiasis Cestoda (Tapeworm infection) Cyclophyllidea Echinococcus granulosus / E. multilocularis [en.wikipedia.org]
- Fasciolopsis Buski
buski Fasciolopsiasis Metagonimus yokogawai Metagonimiasis Heterophyes heterophyes Heterophyiasis Cestoda (Tapeworm infection) Cyclophyllidea Echinococcus granulosus / E. multilocularis Echinococcosis Taenia saginata / T. asiatica / T. solium (pork) [en.wikipedia.org]
- Fasciola Hepatica
Blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni / S. japonicum / S. mekongi / S. haematobium / S. intercalatum Schistosomiasis Trichobilharzia regenti Swimmer's itch Liver fluke Clonorchis sinensis Clonorchiasis Dicrocoelium dendriticum / D. hospes Dicrocoeliasis Fasciola [en.wikipedia.org]
- Brugia Malayi
malayi / B. timori Lymphatic filariasis Thelazioidea Gnathostoma spinigerum / G. hispidum Gnathostomiasis Thelazia Thelaziasis Spiruroidea Gongylonema Strongylida (hookworm) Hookworm infection Ancylostoma duodenale / A. braziliense Ancylostomiasis / [en.wikipedia.org]
- Gnathostoma Spinigerum
spinigerum / G. hispidum Gnathostomiasis Thelazia Thelaziasis Spiruroidea Gongylonema Strongylida (hookworm) Hookworm infection Ancylostoma duodenale / A. braziliense Ancylostomiasis / Cutaneous larva migrans Necator americanus Necatoriasis Angiostrongylus [en.wikipedia.org]
Treatment
The Oxyurida and Rhigonematida are occasionally placed in the Ascaridida as superfamily Oxyuroidea, but while they seem indeed to be Spiruria, they are not as close to Ascaris as such a treatment would place them.[1] These "worms" contain a number of [en.wikipedia.org]
The patients received treatment with albendazole 10-15mg/kg/day for 15 days or thiabendazole 25 mg/kg/day in two series of 7 days. [analesdepediatria.org]
Epidemiology
The epidemiology of human Toxocariasis.. Toxocara and toxocariasis: Clinical, epidemiological and molecular perspectives., pp. 3-10 [8.] H. Cammarota, B. Rodríguez, L. Yaconis, E. Zeitlin, A. Cammarota, H. Vaccaro, et al. [analesdepediatria.org]
Prevention
Repeated exposure of voles apparently intensified the immune response to the extent that larvae from exposure subsequent to the first were retarded in development and might have been prevented from completing migration to the musculature. [bioone.org]