| visceral larva migrans in french adults: a new disease syndrome? | visceral larva migrans is apparently an endemic disease among adults in southwest france. thirty-seven adults living in the midi-pyrenees region of france were confirmed as having visceral larva migrans based on an increased specific antibody titer to toxocara canis as detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa) and by the western blot method. the disease was characterized clinically by weakness, pruritus, rash, difficulty breathing, abdominal pain, and pathologically by allergic manif ... | 1987 | 3578244 |