A systematic review and meta-analysis of toxocariasis in Iran: is it time to take it seriously?

Afshar, M. J. A. and Zahabiun, F. and Heydarian, P. and Saadati, H. M. and Mohtasebi, S. and Khodamoradi, F. and Raissi, V.

Acta Parasitologica (2020) 65: 569–584

DOI: 10.2478/s11686-020-00195-1

Abstract

Background: Toxocariasis is one of the neglected zoonosis with considerable public health importance around the world. The current study aimed to elucidate the overall prevalence of Toxocara infection in human and definitive hosts and also the contamination of soil and raw vegetables with the ova of these parasites, in Iran, using systematic review and meta-analysis.

Citation

Afshar, M. J. A., Zahabiun, F., Heydarian, P., Saadati, H. M., Mohtasebi, S., Khodamoradi, F., & Raissi, V. (2020). A systematic review and meta-analysis of toxocariasis in Iran: is it time to take it seriously? Acta Parasitologica, 65(3), 569–584. https://doi.org/10.2478/s11686-020-00195-1 dogs, meta-analysis, man, systematic reviews, cats, data analysis, Pets and Companion Animals [LL070], animal parasitic nematodes, animal-parasitic nematodes, epidemiology, Nematoda, nematode infections, nematode parasites of animals, nematodes, nematodes of animals, Crop Produce [QQ050], human diseases, public health, zoonoses, zoonotic infections, helminthoses, helminths, infections, parasites, parasitoses, control programmes, Iran, incidence, control programs, parasitic diseases, parasitic infestations, parasitosis, Protozoan, Helminth and Arthropod Parasites of Humans [VV220], Protozoan, Helminth, Mollusc and Arthropod Parasites of Animals [LL822], Food Contamination, Residues and Toxicology [QQ200], parasitic worms, soil, Ascarididae, creeping eruption, larva migrans, ova, Toxocara, toxocariasis, toxocarosis, vegetable crops, vegetables, visceral larva migrans

Keywords

• dogs
• meta-analysis
• man
• systematic reviews
• cats
• data analysis
• Pets and Companion Animals [LL070]
• animal parasitic nematodes
• animal-parasitic nematodes
• epidemiology
• Nematoda
• nematode infections
• nematode parasites of animals
• nematodes
• nematodes of animals
• Crop Produce [QQ050]
• human diseases
• public health
• zoonoses
• zoonotic infections
• helminthoses
• helminths
• infections
• parasites
• parasitoses
• control programmes
• Iran
• incidence
• control programs
• parasitic diseases
• parasitic infestations
• parasitosis
• Protozoan
• Helminth and Arthropod Parasites of Humans [VV220]
• Protozoan
• Helminth
• Mollusc and Arthropod Parasites of Animals [LL822]
• Food Contamination
• Residues and Toxicology [QQ200]
• parasitic worms
• soil
• Ascarididae
• creeping eruption
• larva migrans
• ova
• Toxocara
• toxocariasis
• toxocarosis
• vegetable crops
• vegetables
• visceral larva migrans