Toxocariasis in Japan.
Toxocariasis has long been considered a parasitic disease affecting pet owners and children who often play in sandboxes at public parks. Recent cases of this animal-borne infection, however, indicate that its clinical manifestations and etiologies are changing. In this article, we will describe the critical characteristic features of toxocariasis alongside the contributions of Japanese researchers to a better understanding of the disease.
Akao
Nobuaki
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Section of Environmental Parasitology, Graduate School of Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Yushima 1-5-45, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8519 Japan. ocha.vip@tmd.ac.jp
Ohta
Nobuo
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D007816:Larva Migrans, Visceral / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014119:Toxocara / Q000145:classification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D017166:Toxocara canis / Q000472:pathogenicity; D014120:Toxocariasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000503:physiopathology