Resumen

DELGADO, Olinda  y  RODRIGUEZ-MORALES, Alfonso J. Clinical and epidemiological aspects of toxocariasis: A disease neglected in Venezuela and Latin America. Bol Mal Salud Amb [online]. 2009, vol.49, n.1, pp.1-33. ISSN 1690-4648.

Toxocariasis is a zoonotic disease of great importance in terms of its morbidity that it produces in the human beings, as well the difficulty that results its control for the public health. Recent findings in regard to its association with other pathologies, the advance in diagnostic techniques and new therapeutic discoveries have generated the interest in reviewing a topic of current attention that would be considered neglected due to scarcity of national and Latin American studies. In the current article a review of different aspects related to the biology of the parasite Toxocara canis and its clinical and epidemiological relevance in the human beings, with emphasis on Venezuela and Latin America is presented.

Palabras clave : Toxocariasis; Toxocara canis; Toxocara cati; Epidemiology; Venezuela; Latin America.