Flow diagram of literature searches.

<p>^aAdditional records consisted of five yearly reports on <i>Toxocara</i> antibody detection in patients suspected of VLM or OLM; one book chapter on VLM <a href="http://www.plosntds.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001382#pntd.0001382-Beck1" target="_blank">[33]</a> and a master's thesis on toxocariasis in dogs <a href="http://www.plosntds.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001382#pntd.0001382-delaFeRodrguez1" target="_blank">[11]</a>. ^bReasons for exclusion were: 1. non-relevant association between the keywords (60%) (e.g., Cuba as name of the author, reports on <i>Toxocara</i> published in a Cuban journal, paper, or reference to paper conducted in Cuba in which toxocariasis is mentioned as differential diagnosis, papers on <i>Toxocara vitolorum</i>, etc.); 2. reference to a Cuban report on <i>Toxocara</i> seroprevalence data of Cuba (20%); and 3. replicates of the same report within the Google Scholar search (16%). One record was excluded because none of the co-authors was familiar with the language. ^cEligibility criteria were: 1. subject toxocara, toxocariasis, or larva migrans irrespective of the field or type of publication; and 2. new data about Cuba.