Toxocara canis
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Parasites
- Giardia lamblia
- Toxoplasma gondii
- Entamoeba histolytica
- Cryptosporidium
- Naegleria fowleri
- Trypanosoma brucei
- Plasmodium Overview
- Plasmodium Disease (Malaria)
- Babesia
- Trypanosoma cruzi
- Leishmania
- Trichomonas vaginalis
- Enterobius vermicularis (pinworm)
- Ascaris lumbricoides (giant roundworm)
- Strongyloides stercoralis (threadworm)
- Ancylostoma and Necator
- Trichinella spiralis
- Trichuris trichiura (whipworm)
- Toxocara canis
- Onchocerca volvulus
- Loa loa
- Wuchereria bancrofti
- Taenia solium
- Diphyllobothrium latum
- Echinococcus granulosus
- Schistosoma
- Clonorchis sinensis
- Sarcoptes scabiei (Scabies)
- Pediculus humanis and Phthirus pubis (Lice)
- Toxocara canis
- Nematode (roundworm)
- Disease
- Visceral larva migrans
- Nematodes migrate to blood through the intestinal wall
- Granuloma formation (MB)
- Inflammation and damage in organs
- Multiple organs can be affected, but not all will be
- Heart (myocarditis)
- Liver (hepatomegaly, pain)
- Lungs (Loffler’s syndrome)
- CNS (seizures, coma)
- Ocular larva migrans
- Unilateral vision loss, since the parasite will usually only end up in one eye, leading to strabismus
- Leukocoria
- Visual impairment
- Visceral larva migrans
- Transmission/Risk factors
- Fecal-oral
- Ingestion of eggs
- Soil contaminated with dog/cat feces
- Humans are accidental host, like T. gondii
- Dogs receive the parasite through contaminated meat
- Fecal-oral
- Diagnosis
- CBC for eosinophilia
- ELISA
- IgG antibodies to Toxocara antigens are found
- Treatment
- Bendazoles