Toxocarose oculaire

Prevalence, risk factors and zoonotic potential of intestinal parasites in dogs from four locations in Morocco

“…Noteworthy, 29% of detected hookworms were suspected to be from the zoonotic species A. caninum, according to the eggs length and width measurements (Lucio-Forster et al, 2012;Zajac and Conboy, 2013). In Morocco, published data on human infection with T. canis and A. caninum are sporadic and limited to case reports (Laghmari et al, 2003;Guamri et al, 2009;Daoudi et al, 2014;Benbella et al, 2016;Elyadari et al, 2018;Adeel, 2020;Gakosso et al, 2020;Kaibi et al, 2020). However, when taking in consideration the significant prevalence of T. canis among dogs of this study and the suspected cases of A. caninum, in addition to the Moroccan investigations that have revealed vegetable and wastewater contamination with these parasites (Hajjami et al, 2012(Hajjami et al, , 2013Hajjami, 2013;Adeel, 2020), the risk of human infection seems to be very likely and thus, human cases may be under-diagnosed or under reported in Morocco.…”