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* [[Toxocara]] causes [[visceral larva migrans]].<ref> {{cite web | url=http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?larva+migrans | title=Definition: larva migrans | accessdate=2008-10-30 }} </ref> | * [[Toxocara]] causes [[visceral larva migrans]].<ref> {{cite web | url=http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?larva+migrans | title=Definition: larva migrans | accessdate=2008-10-30 }} </ref> | ||
===Common cause=== | |||
*Common causes of [[Ancylostomiasis]] include the following organism:<ref name="pmid564248">{{cite journal| author=Banwell JG, Schad GA| title=Hookworm. | journal=Clin Gastroenterol | year= 1978 | volume= 7 | issue= 1 | pages= 129-56 | pmid=564248 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=564248 }} </ref> | |||
**Necator americanus: reach maturity in the human intestine. | |||
**Ancylostoma duodenal: reach [[maturity]] in the human [[intestine]]. | |||
**Ancylostoma ceylanicum also occurs in [[humans]] as an [[intestine-inhabiting]] adult but it is usually a [[parasite]] of cats, dogs and other [[carnivores]]. | |||
*Less common organism include: | |||
**Ancylostoma braziliense: responsible for [[creeping eruption]] or [[cutaneous larva migrans]], which survive in [[extra-intestinal]] sites and rarely mature in human.<ref name="pmid564248">{{cite journal| author=Banwell JG, Schad GA| title=Hookworm. | journal=Clin Gastroenterol | year= 1978 | volume= 7 | issue= 1 | pages= 129-56 | pmid=564248 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=564248 }} </ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Overview
Causes
They commonly infect the skin, eyes, and viscera in humans.
- Toxocara causes visceral larva migrans.[1]
Common cause
- Common causes of Ancylostomiasis include the following organism:[2]
- Necator americanus: reach maturity in the human intestine.
- Ancylostoma duodenal: reach maturity in the human intestine.
- Ancylostoma ceylanicum also occurs in humans as an intestine-inhabiting adult but it is usually a parasite of cats, dogs and other carnivores.
- Less common organism include:
- Ancylostoma braziliense: responsible for creeping eruption or cutaneous larva migrans, which survive in extra-intestinal sites and rarely mature in human.[2]
References
- ↑ "Definition: larva migrans". Retrieved 2008-10-30.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Banwell JG, Schad GA (1978). "Hookworm". Clin Gastroenterol. 7 (1): 129–56. PMID 564248.