and seropositivity among patients suspected of visceral and ocular larva migrans in the Netherlands: trends from 1998 to 2009

International audience ; and are roundworms of dogs, cats and pigs, respectively, that can also infect humans. These zoonotic helminths have a worldwide distribution and are also endemic in the Netherlands. Infection with may result in visceral larva migrans (VLM) or ocular larva migrans (OLM) caused by the migrating larvae. Although has been reported to occasionally mature to the adult stage in humans, clinical cases of VLM suspected to be caused by have been described. Diagnosis of these helminth infections relies mainly on serology. Here we analyse the results from the and IgG-ELISA from a... Mehr ...