The epidemiology and control of Toxocara canis in puppies

Toxocara canis is a helminth zoonosis that is estimated to infect more than 100 million dogs and 1 billion people, mostly in the tropics. Humans can be infected by accidentally ingesting embryonated T. canis eggs from the environment or occasionally after ingesting L3 larvae from paratenic hosts. Th...

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Main Authors: Regan Schwartz, Satesh Bidaisee, Paul J. Fields, Maxine L.A. Macpherson, Calum N.L. Macpherson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-02-01
Series:Parasite Epidemiology and Control
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405673121000337