Larva migrans are diseases of humans associated with aberrant migration of larval nematodes from animals. Hydatidosis, while also a parasitic infestation, is not truly a larva migrans. Rather, it is a disease that occurs when human beings substitute as the normal intermediate host for cestodes (tapeworms) of the genus Echinococcus.

Larva migrans and Echinococcus hydatidosis topics

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• Cutaneous, visceral and ocular larva migrans
• Baylisascaris procyonis (roundworm of raccoons) larva migrans
• Dirofilaria immitis (heartworm of dogs) larva migrans
• Strongyloides stercoralis larva migrans
• Echinococcus hydatidosis
• References

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