Table 5.
Selected studies reporting autochthonous and imported cases of toxocariasis in the European Union (2000–2016, [11,38,39,40,90,91,92,93,94,95,96,97,98,99,100, 101,102]).
| Origin of the infection | Food or water contaminated with fecal matter containing eggs |
|---|---|
| Number of cases | 529 |
| Autochthonous/Imported | Autochthonous 529/529 (100%) |
| Date of publication | |
| 2000-2005 | 76/529 (14.36%) |
| 2006-2011 | 87/529 (16.45%) |
| 2012-2016 | 366/529 (69.19%) |
| First author field of activity | |
| Parasitology | 154/529 (29.11%) |
| Veterinary | 145/529(27.41%) |
| Pediatrics | 103/529 (19.47%) |
| Infectious Diseases | 84/529 (15.88%) |
| Tropical Medicine | 28/529 (5.29%) |
| Microbiology | 8/529 (1.51%) |
| Oftalmology | 3/529 (0.57%) |
| Surgery | 2/529 (0.38%) |
| Neurology | 1/529 (0.19%) |
| Family Medicine | 1/529 (0.19%) |
| Case diagnostic certainty | |
| Definitive/Probable | Definitive 529/529 (100%) |
| Main symptoms | |
| Eye injurie | 79/171 (46.2%) |
| Abdominal pain | 33/171 (19.3%) |
| Atopy | 23/171 (13.45%) |
| Headache | 13/171 (7.6%) |
| Fever | 12/171 (7.02%) |
| Asymptomatic | 5/171 (2.93%) |
| Vomit | 2/171 (1.17%) |
| Cough | 2/171 (1.17%) |
| Weight loss | 1/171 (0.58%) |
| Diarrhea | 1/171 (0.58%) |
| Diagnosis | |
| Serology | 528/529 (99.81%) |
| Endoscopy | 1/529 (0.19%) |
| Treatment | |
| Anthelminthic | 529/529 (100%) |