Toxocara spp. eggs in public squares of Sorocaba, São Paulo State, Brazil Ovos de Toxocara spp. em praças públicas no município de Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brasil

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Main Authors: Lina Maria De Petrini da Silva COELHO, Carlos Yoshizaki DINI, Mauro Henrique de Sá Adami MILMAN, Sônia Maria de OLIVEIRA
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2001
• Subjects: Toxocara; Public facilities; Larva migrans; Visceral; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Gato
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46652001000400002; https://doaj.org/article/1aaee39e97724a25833ac04130c17e14

The visceral larva migrans (VLM) is a syndrome observed in human infection with helminth larval eggs such as the Toxocara spp. that usually infects dogs and cats. Among the risk factors involved in the occurrence of VLM, particularly important is the size of these animal populations. Sorocaba is a c...