Prevalence of Toxocara and Toxascaris infection among human and animals in Iran with meta-analysis approach

Prevalence of Toxocara and Toxascaris infection among human and animals in Iran with meta-analysis approach

Abstract Background Toxocariasis is a worldwide zoonotic parasitic disease caused by species of Toxocara and Toxascaris, common in dogs and cats. Herein, a meta-analysis was contrived to assess the prevalence of Toxocara/Toxascaris in carnivore and human hosts in different regions of Iran from April...

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Main Authors: Aida Vafae Eslahi, Milad Badri, Ali Khorshidi, Hamidreza Majidiani, Elham Hooshmand, Hamid Hosseini, Ali Taghipour, Masoud Foroutan, Nader Pestehchian, Farzaneh Firoozeh, Seyed Mohammad Riahi, Mohammad Zibaei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-01-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Systematic review
Meta-analysis
Toxocariasis
Toxocara canis
Toxocara cati
Toxascaris leonina
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-020-4759-8

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