Human toxocariasis [Visceral Latvar Migrans Sydrome]

ABSTRACT

Human toxocariasis is caused by the presence of die larvae of Toxocara canis in the human host. It is a systemic disease that can have a sub-clinical course or can present under various clinical conditions. Most of the affected cases are young children under 5 years of age but the disease can affect adults. The diagnosis is done by the presence of the clinical features and/or by serologic tests. The treatment consists of the administration of anti-helmithic drugs in un-complicated cases in addition to corticosteroids in some cases. We are not aware of any studies about tins disease in Libya. Since the climatic conditions in some of the coastal parts of the country are appropriate to the maturation and survival of the larvae we think that this disease should be considered in the differential diagnosis ofeosinophilia specially in children