| toxocara seroprevalence among clinically healthy individuals, pregnant women and psychiatric patients and associated risk factors in shandong province, eastern china. | toxocarosis is a widespread zoonosis caused by the ascarid nematodes toxocara canis and toxocara cati, which primarily infect dogs and cats, respectively. most human infections with toxocara are asymptomatic; however, some infected individuals may develop a serious illness and even death. nevertheless, epidemiological knowledge regarding the prevalence and risks associated with toxocara infection is limited in china. therefore, we performed a cross-sectional pilot study and estimated the seropre ... | 2014 | 25101756 |