Toxocara cati larvae in the eye of a child: a case report

Toxocariasis is a consequence of human infection by Toxocara larvae. There are symptomatic (visceral, ocular) and asymptomatic course of toxocariasis. The ocular form is very rare. We present a 6-year-old patient who developed an ocular form of toxocariasis caused by Toxocara cati. He demonstrated l...

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Main Authors: Mohammad Zibaei, Seyed Mahmoud Sadjjadi, Seyed Hamidreza Jahadi-Hosseini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-05-01
Series:Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2221169115302422