Epidemiology/lifecycle

• Faecal-oral: ingest eggs

• Hatched larvae enter bloodstream and mature in lungs

• Cough up and swallow, further maturation in small intestine

• Fertilised or unfertilised egg passed in stool

Clinical features

• Nil

• GI upset

• Loffler's

• Ectopic: liver, biliary

Diagnosis

• Faecal OCP

• Adult worms in stool

• Eosinophilia

Management

• Albendazole

Prevention

• Sanitation

• MDA