- Definitive hosts cats and dogs
- Humans ingest eggs from dirt→ eggs hatch in intestines→ larvae can travel to lungs, eyes, CNS, liver
- Can cause fever, fatigue
- Pulmonary: cough, SOB, wheezing
- Occular: visual loss (affects multiple areas of the eye)
- Gi: abdominal pain, hepatitis
- Suggestive labs/imaging: eosinophilia on cbc, abnormal lfts, CXR findings