Toxocara cati

Toxocara cati Cat roundworm disease visceral larva migrans... 

Kennedy, M.K., Maizels, R.M., Meghji, M., Young, L., Qureshi, F. and Smith, H.V. (1987) Species-specific and common epitopes on the secreted and surface antigens of Toxocara cati and Toxocara canis infective larvae. Parasite Immunology 9, 407-420. 

This form of tissue helminthiasis is caused by the migration of the larvae of dog and cat ascarids, Toxocara canis and Toxocara cati in the visceral tissues of humans. The disease is more common in children than the adults who often come in contact with the eggs of T. canis or T.catti while playing on the ground polluted by cat and dog faeces. The infection by Toxocara in dogs is cosmopolitan however, surveys indicate that it is prevalent in the U.S.A., Britain, Africa and some parts of Asia [31,32]. In humans the rate or incidence of visceral larva migran is low nevertheless nearly 10,000 people are estimated to carry this disease around the world [24]. 

G. Petry, E. Kruedewagen, E. Bach, N. Gasda and K. Krieger, Efficacy of Procox oral suspension for dogs (0.1% emodepside and 2% toltrazuril) against experimental nematode (Toxocara cati and Ancylostoma tubae-forme) infections in cats, Parasitol. Res., 2011, 109(Suppl. 1), S37-S43. 

Visceral larva migrans Toxocara canis, T. cati Diethylcarbamazine, thiabendazole, mebendazole... 

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