Prevalence of dog intestinal parasites and risk perception of zoonotic infection by dog owners in São Paulo State, Brazil

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 55, Issue 8-10, 2008, Pages 406-413

  Katagiri, S ^a   Oliveira Sequeira, T C G ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dog; Helminths; Intestinal parasites; Prevalence; Protozoa; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ANCYLOSTOMA; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CESTODE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIPYLIDIUM CANINUM; DOG DISEASE; FECES ANALYSIS; GIARDIA; INFECTION RISK; INTESTINE PARASITE; ISOSPORA; NONHUMAN; PET ANIMAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SARCOCYSTIS; TOXOCARA CANIS; TRICHURIS; TRICHURIS VULPIS; ZOONOSIS;

AGE FACTORS; ANCYLOSTOMA; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; BRAZIL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FECES; FEMALE; GIARDIA; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TOXOCARA CANIS; ZOONOSES;

ANCYLOSTOMA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIPYLIDIUM CANINUM; GIARDIA; ISOSPORA; PROTOZOA; SARCOCYSTIS; TOXOCARA CANIS; TRICHURIS VULPIS; VERMES;

EID: 51349157124     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2008.01163.x     Document Type: Article

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