Clinically Inapparent Toxocara Infection in Children

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To the Editor: Toxocariasis is a syndrome characterized by two major clinical variants, visceral larva migrans and ocular larva migrans.1 , 2 Visceral larva migrans typically occurs in a preschool child and is manifested by hepatosplenomegaly, rales or wheezing (or both), skin rashes, and eosinophilia.2 Involvement of the brain and a possible association with epilepsy have also been reported.3 In addition, a recent report has documented impaired learning in mice infected with toxocara, and parasitic larvae were found in the central nervous system.4 The ocular larva migrans form of the disease typically occurs in older children or adults, and systemic manifestations, including . . .

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