Parasite zoonoses and wildlife: Emerging issues

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 678-693

  Thompson, R C Andrew ^a   Kutz, Susan J ^b   Smith, Andrew ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biosecurity; Echinococcus; Emergence; Giardia; Leishmania; Parasitic infections; Sarcoptes; Toxoplasma; Trypanosoma; Wildlife; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; FEVER; GIARDIA; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PATHOGENESIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESERVOIR; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SARCOPTES; SURVIVAL; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TRYPANOSOMA; WILDLIFE; ZOONOSIS;

ARTHROPODA; ECHINOCOCCUS; GIARDIA; PROTOZOA; SARCOPTES; TOXOPLASMA; TRYPANOSOMA; VERMES;

EID: 61449176243     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph6020678     Document Type: Review

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