Diagnosis of human toxocarosis

Authors

  • William H. Roldán Departamento Académico de Microbiología Médica, facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú. Tecnólogo médico.
  • Yrma A. Espinoza Departamento Académico de Microbiología Médica, facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú. Sección Científica de Parasitología, Instituto de Medicina Tropical “Daniel A. Carrión”, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú. Biólogo.
  • Pedro E. Huapaya Dirección Regional de Salud, Ministerio de Salud, Lima, Perú. Médico cirujano
  • Susana Jiménez Departamento Académico de Microbiología Médica, facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú. Técnico en laboratorio.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17843/rpmesp.2010.274.1536

Keywords:

Toxocara, Zoonoses, Diagnosis, Immunologic test, Review

Abstract

Human toxocarosis is an important parasitic zoonosis caused by larval stages of Toxocara species, the roundworms from dogs and cats. Larval migration through different soft tissues in the human generates several clinical entities in the patient, such as visceral larva migrans, ocular toxocarosis, and neurotoxocarosis. Definitive diagnosis by histopathological methods is very difficult or almost impossible and, nowadays, the diagnosis is usually made by clinical signs/symptoms, epidemiological background of the patient and the use of hematological and immunological tests which finally help to confirm the clinical suspicion of the illness. The purpose of this paper was to update the available knowledge on the use of different tools for both the diagnosis and following up of human toxocarosis.

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Published

2010-12-23

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How to Cite

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Roldán WH, Espinoza YA, Huapaya PE, Jiménez S. Diagnosis of human toxocarosis. Rev Peru Med Exp Salud Publica [Internet]. 2010 Dec. 23 [cited 2024 Mar. 28];27(4). Available from: https://rpmesp.ins.gob.pe/index.php/rpmesp/article/view/1536