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− | *''Toxocara cati'' | + | *''[[Toxocara cati]]'' |
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− | *''Toxascaris leonina'' | + | *''[[Toxascaris leonina]]'' |
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| *''(Ancylostoma spp.)'' | | *''(Ancylostoma spp.)'' |
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− | === ''Toxocara cati'' ===
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− | *The biology of ''T. cati'' is generally similar to that of ''T. canis'', '''except''' that there is no prenatal transmission.
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− | *Adults can establish in cats and other felidae.
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− | *The prepatent period is about 8weeks.
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− | *Somatic larvae can accumulate in a wide range of paratenic hosts.
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− | *Larvae have been recovered from human tissues on rare occasions, but its role in VLM and OLM is unknown.
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