severe / irreversible ophthalmologic injury / Systemic toxocariasis / scar / inflammatory reaction / geophagia / pet ownership / active infection / BACKGROUND Toxocariasis / Parasitic Infections / common human parasitic infections / ocular toxocariasis / Toxocara infection / retinal detachment / Toxocariasis / acute disseminated encephalomyelitis / preventable disease / NEGLECTED PARASITIC INFECTIONS / Neglected infections / pericardial effusion / human infection / nationally reportable disease / clinical disease / active Toxocara infection / parasitic infection / eosinophilic meningitis / common toxocariasis / TOXOCARIASIS PUBLIC HEALTH IMPORTANCE OF TOXOCARIASIS IN THE UNITED STATES Toxocariasis / zoonotic disease / liver and pulmonary damage / zoonotic Toxocara spp. infection / ocular larva migrans / hypergammaglobulinemia / less common disease / MS / Myocarditis / past infection / asthma / toxocaral ocular larva migrans / yet preventable disease / neglected parasitic infection / human toxocariasis / disease / visceral larva migrans / Toxocara canis infection / Visceral and ocular larva migrans / preventable parasitic disease / parasitic disease / untreated Toxocara infection / ocular toxoplasmosis / active disease / urticaria / toxoplasmosis / canine toxocariasis / helminthiasis / acute Toxocara infection / completely preventable disease / infection / America’s most common neglected infection / inflammation / zoonotic toxocariasis / improved disease / Eosinophilia / visceral toxocariasis / cause devastating disease / /
MedicalTreatment
adjunctive therapy / /
Organization
Food and Drug Administration / British Society for Parasitology / American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Neglected Parasitic Infections / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention / Animal Parasite Council / Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria / Institute of Biology / An association / Monica E. Parise Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria / /
Person
Dana M. Woodhall / Mark L. Eberhard / Monica E. Parise / /
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