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Canine gastrointestinal parasitic zoonoses in India.

Abstract
Although well recognized and studied in developed countries, canine parasitic zoonoses pose a lowly prioritized public health problem in developing countries such as India, where conditions are conducive for transmission. A study of the most recent parasite survey determining prevalence and epidemiology of canine parasitic zoonoses among tea-growing communities of northeast India demonstrated the endemicity of the problem. This particular study serves as a model using conventional, as well as molecular parasitological, tools to provide novel insights into the role of dogs as mechanical transmitters of human parasites such as Ascaris and Trichuris, and discusses the risks dogs pose with regards to zoonotic transmission of hookworms and Giardia.
AuthorsRebecca J Traub, Ian D Robertson, Peter J Irwin, Norbert Mencke, R C A Andrew Thompson
JournalTrends in parasitology (Trends Parasitol) Vol. 21 Issue 1 Pg. 42-8 (Jan 2005) ISSN: 1471-4922 [Print] England
PMID15639740 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Review)
Topics
  • Ancylostomiasis (epidemiology, transmission)
  • Animals
  • Disease Reservoirs (veterinary)
  • Dog Diseases (epidemiology, transmission)
  • Dogs
  • Echinococcosis (epidemiology, transmission)
  • Giardiasis (epidemiology, transmission)
  • Humans
  • India (epidemiology)
  • Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic (epidemiology, transmission)
  • Toxocariasis (epidemiology, transmission)
  • Zoonoses

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