title: Epidemiology of Toxocariasis in England and Wales.
abstract: Toxocara infection occurs through ingestion of parasite eggs excreted by dogs and cats, and can cause severe morbidity. The burden of disease in England and Wales is not well described, and the impact of public health campaigns conducted in the mid-1990s is uncertain. This paper uses data from two extensive databases to explore the trends in this disease in England and Wales from the 1970s to 2009.
authors.affiliation: Emerging and Zoonotic Infections Section, Directorate, Public Health England, London, UK. kate.halsby@phe.gov.uk.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Halsby
authors.affiliation: Former Employee of the Health Protection Agency, Public Health England, London, UK.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Senyonjo
authors.affiliation: Former Employee of the Health Protection Agency, Public Health England, London, UK.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.affiliation: Former Employee of the Health Protection Agency, Public Health England, London, UK.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ladbury
authors.affiliation: Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London, UK.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Suvari
authors.affiliation: Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London, UK.|NIHR University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre, London, UK.|London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chiodini
authors.affiliation: Emerging and Zoonotic Infections Section, Directorate, Public Health England, London, UK.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Morgan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D014120:Toxocariasis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D014852:Wales / Q000453:epidemiology; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000453:epidemiology*
keywords: England; Toxocara; Wales; epidemiology