Infections caused by nematode larvae which never develop into the adult stage and migrate through various body tissues. They commonly infect the skin, eyes, and viscera in man. Ancylostoma brasiliensis causes cutaneous larva migrans. Toxocara causes visceral larva migrans.
| Excerpt | Reference |
|---|
| "Cutaneous larva migrans is becoming more common in the U." | ( Harman, RR; Jones, SK; Oliwiecki, S; Reynolds, NJ, 1990) |
| "A case of buccal larva migrans is presented." | ( Achten, G; André, J; Bernard, M; Ledoux, M, 1988) |
| "Cutaneous larva migrans is a distinctive dermatitis caused by the filariform larvae of certain nematode parasites." | ( Borak, J; Herbener, D, 1988) |
| "Cutaneous larva migrans is frequently seen in the southern United States, Central and South America, and other subtropical areas but rarely in northern climates." | ( Douglass, MC; Edelglass, JW; Stiefler, R; Tessler, M, 1982) |
| "Creeping eruptions are caused by the presence of larvae of certain nematodes in human skin." | ( Stingl, P, 1982) |
| "Larva migrans is a rare cutaneous parasitic infestation, whose incidence in Israel has increased over the past few years." | ( Friedman, J; Gold, I; Shelkovitz-Shiloh, I; Stempler, D; Tal, O; Trau, H, 1993) |
| "Cutaneous larva migrans is an infection with a larval nematode, most frequently by dog or cat hookworms." | ( Davies, HD; Keystone, JS; Sakuls, P, 1993) |
| "Cutaneous larva migrans is considered to be a self-limited parasitic infection of about 2 to 8 weeks' duration, though it has been reported to persist for as long as 55 weeks." | ( Fitzpatrick, JE; Gentry, RH; Morgan, AM; Richey, TK, 1996) |
| "Cutaneous larva migrans is rarely contracted in temperate countries." | ( Combemale, P; Dupin, M; Le Coz, C; Piens, MA; Zimmermann, R, 1995) |
| "Cutaneous larva migrans is the result of infestation of human skin by helminth larvae, which burrow through the epidermis." | ( Mattone-Volpe, F, 1998) |
| "Cutaneous larva migrans is a tropical disease that typically is acquired on exposed surfaces in patients who have been sitting or lying on moist ground or other surfaces which have been contaminated by dog or cat feces." | ( Sugathan, P, 2002) |
| "Cutaneous larva migrans is occasionally seen in pediatric emergency outpatient care settings." | ( Simon, MW; Simon, NP, 2003) |
| "A case of cutaneous larva migrans is presented." | ( Chambers, S; Manning, L; Maurice, P; Paltridge, G, 2006) |
| "Larva migrans is a condition caused by subcutaneous or visceral migration of parasite larvae, usually Ancylostoma braziliense, and is characterized by pruriginous or serpiginous lesions." | ( Aburad de Carvalhosa, A; Catanhede Orsini Machado de Sousa, S; dos Santos Pinto Júnior, D; Thomé Capuano, AC, 2006) |
| "Infection with cutaneous larva migrans is one of the most common "souvenirs" from the tropics." | ( Groffik, A; Hengge, UR; Hoff, NP; Mota, R, 2008) |
| "Cutaneous larva migrans is a parasitic disease caused by Ancylostoma braziliense and Ancylostoma caninum larvae, which is transmitted by contact with sand infested with these parasites." | ( Calderón, M; García-Fernández, L, 2014) |
| "The hookworm related Cutaneous Larva Migrans is a common disease present in the tropic and subtropical areas of the world." | ( Quashie, NB; Tsegah, E, 2015) |
| "Cutaneous larva migrans is one of the most common skin diseases reported in travelers returning from tropical regions." | ( Barankin, B; Hon, KLE; Leung, AKC, 2017) |
| "Cutaneous larva migrans is a zoonotic infestation caused by penetration and migration in the epidermis of filariform larva of different kinds of animal hookworms through contact with feces of infected animals." | ( Barankin, B; Hon, KLE; Leung, AKC, 2017) |
| "Cutaneous larva migrans is a frequent dermatologic problem among travelers in tropical areas, but its association with Löffler's syndrome is an extremely rare condition, particularly in children." | ( Li, LF; Wang, S; Xu, W, 2017) |
| "Cutaneous larva migrans is a neglected zoonotic helminthic disease which is paradoxically underreported in low-income and middle-income countries from where a majority of the cases emanate." | ( Agbor, VN; Dimala, CA; Kadia, BM; Tianyi, FL, 2018) |
| "Cutaneous larva migrans is an endemic disease with predilection for poor and vulnerable persons." | ( Agbor, VN; Dimala, CA; Kadia, BM; Tianyi, FL, 2018) |
| "Cutaneous larva migrans is a dermatitis, typically acquired in warm tropical or sub-tropical countries, caused by migration of the larvae of nematodes (hookworm; mainly Ancylostoma braziliense and, occasionally, Ancylostoma caninum or Uncinaria stenocephala), which are parasitic on animals such as cats and dogs, into the patient's skin." | ( Del Giudice, P; Hakimi, S; Hubiche, T; Magana, C; Vandenbos, F, 2019) |