Are pregnant women especially at risk?
It is a common misconception that a pregnant woman or her unborn child is at a greater risk from zoonotic worm infection, in particular Toxocariasis (disease caused by Toxocara spp in humans) than other humans. This is in fact not the case and as long as normal good hygiene is practised they have no more chance of experiencing a problem than anyone else. However a different zoonotic parasitic disease with specific relevance to pregnant women is Toxoplasmosis, which may be confused with Toxocariasis.
