The role of companion animals in the emergence of parasitic zoonoses

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 30, Issue 12-13, 2000, Pages 1369-1377

  Robertson, I D ^a   Irwin, P J ^a   Lymbery, A J ^a   Thompson, R C A ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Companion animals; Parasites; Pets; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ANCYLOSTOMA; CAT; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ECHINOCOCCUS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GIARDIA; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; NEOSPORA; NONHUMAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PNEUMOCYSTIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TOXOCARA; TOXOPLASMA; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; DISEASE VECTORS; HUMANS; PARASITIC DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; ZOONOSES;

ANCYLOSTOMA; ANIMALIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GIARDIA; TOXOCARA;

EID: 0033710449     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(00)00134-X     Document Type: Review

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