Soil contamination by Toxocara spp. eggs in a rural community from Mirante do Paranapanema, São Paulo State, Brazil<br>Contaminação do solo por ovos de Toxocara spp. em assentamento rural de Mirante do Paranapanema, São Paulo, Brasil

Soil contamination by Toxocara spp. eggs in a rural community from Mirante do Paranapanema, São Paulo State, Brazil<br>Contaminação do solo por ovos de Toxocara spp. em assentamento rural de Mirante do Paranapanema, São Paulo, Brasil

Toxocariasis is a zoonosis caused by Toxocara canis and T. cati. The mematoda infect dogs and cats, respectively. Human become infected particularly by accidental ingestion of larvated eggs present in the soil. The disease has a cosmopolitan distribution, but it is more frequent in disadvantaged pop...

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Main Authors: Mariele Catherine Alves Silva, Lundia Luara Cavalcante Bin, Vamilton Alvares Santarém
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Londrina 2012-08-01
Series:Semina: Ciências Agrárias
Subjects:
Contaminação ambiental
Toxocaríase
Larva migrans
Epidemiologia.
Online Access:http://www.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/semagrarias/article/view/10219

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