Toxocariasis
is an intestinal disease of dogs (T. canis)
and cats (T. cati). Toxocara can also cross
into humans causing the zoonotic diseases ocular
larval migrans and aisceral larval migrans.
Initial
ESTs completed by Rick
Maizels, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh,
UK. The Washington University Nematode EST Project,
Genome Sequencing Center, Washington University
School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
GSC Collaborators:
Prema
Arasu North Carolina State University, Raleigh,
NC
