Toxocara (medical condition): A parasitic roundworm (Toxocara canis or Toxocara cati) infection that normally occurs in cats and dogs but can be transmitted to humans by ingesting the larvae or eggs. The infection may be asymptomatic or severe and symptoms depend on where the larvae travel to when they migrate through the body.
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Toxocara: A genus of ascarid nematodes, chiefly found in carnivores, which causes toxocariasis. [G. toxon, bow, + kara, head]
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Toxocara: A genus of ascarid nematodes commonly parasitic in the intestines of cats and dogs.
Source: MeSH 2007
Toxocara: Another name for Toxocariasis (or close medical condition association).
»Introduction: Toxocariasis
»Symptoms of Toxocariasis
»Treatments for Toxocariasis
Toxocara: Toxocara is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:
Some of the causes of Toxocara are included in the list below:
See full list of 8 causes of Toxocara (Toxocariasis)
Some of the symptoms of Toxocara incude:
See full list of 31 symptoms of Toxocara (Toxocariasis)
Treatments for Toxocara (Toxocariasis) include:
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Treatment of Toxocara: For more treatment information about Toxocara, see treatment of Toxocariasis (Toxocara)
Toxocariasis is a zoonotic (animal to human) infection caused by the parasitic roundworms commonly found in the intestine of dogs (Toxocara canis) and cats (T. cati). In the United States, an estimated 10,000 cases of Toxocara infections occur yearly in humans. (Source: excerpt from Toxocariasis: DPD)
These medical disease topics may be related to Toxocara:
Source - MeSH 2007
Source - MeSH 2007
Source: CRISP
The following list attempts to classify Toxocara into categories where each line is subset of the next.
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