Canine gastrointestinal parasitic zoonoses in India.
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.
Traub
Rebecca J
RJ
World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for the Molecular Epidemiology of Parasitic Infections, School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Murdoch University, South Street, Murdoch 6150, Australia. r.traub@murdoch.edu.au
Robertson
Ian D
ID
Irwin
Peter J
PJ
Mencke
Norbert
N
Thompson
R C A Andrew
RC
D000724:Ancylostomiasis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission; D000818:Animals; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000662:veterinary; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission*; D004285:Dogs; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission; D005873:Giardiasis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission*; D014120:Toxocariasis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission; D015047:Zoonoses