**5. Human toxocariosis**

Human toxocariosis is a neglected worldwide zoonosis caused by nematodes of the genus *Toxocara* (*T. canis* and *T. cati*). Current data indicate that toxocariosis is an infection of global distribution whose importance has been significantly underestimated [12, 15, 33, 34]. Human toxocariosis occurs in four clinical forms: *visceral larvae migrans* (VLM) syndrome, *ocular larvae migrans* (OLM) syndrome, neurotoxocariosis and covert toxocariosis.
