Review of Toxocariasis at a Children's Hospital Prompting Need for Public Health Interventions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Toxocariasis, caused the by dog and cat roundworm, is one of the most common zoonotic helminth infections in the United States and can lead to severe lifelong morbidity in children. Although historical seroprevalence studies have identified a high frequency of toxocariasis regionally in the United States, there are few studies linking epidemiology and clinical disease in children. The study objective was to examine the contemporary epidemiology of pediatric toxocariasis within an endemic US region.

Methods

We conducted an epidemiologic study analyzing children diagnosed with toxocariasis presenting to a tertiary pediatric hospital in Texas from 2010 to 2021. We examined risk factors and performed a geospatial analysis, including a comparative analysis of human cas

SUBMITTER: Fortini MB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10754417 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature