Prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites in primate bushmeat and pets in Cameroon

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 175, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 187-191

  Pourrut, X ^a,e   Diffo, J L D ^b   Somo, R M ^c   Bilong Bilong, C F ^d   Delaporte, E ^e   LeBreton, M ^b   Gonzalez, J P ^a  

^a CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉDICALES DE FRANCEVILLE   (Gabon)

^b GVFI Cameroon   (Cameroon)

^c Institute of Medical Research and Medicinal Plant Studies Yaounde   (Cameroon)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^e INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Bushmeat; Cameroon; Gastrointestinal parasites; Non human primates; Pet; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT ANIMAL; ANCYLOSTOMA; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CERCOCEBUS; CERCOCEBUS AGILIS; CERCOPITHECUS; CERCOPITHECUS NEGLECTUS; CERCOPITHECUS NICTITANS; CERCOPITHECUS POGONIAS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA COLI; FEMALE; INTESTINE PARASITE; JUVENILE ANIMAL; MALE; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PET ANIMAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; STRONGYLOIDES; STRONGYLOIDES FULLEBORNI; TRICHURIS; URBAN AREA; WILD ANIMAL; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; APE DISEASES; CAMEROON; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HAPLORHINI; HUMANS; MEAT; MONKEY DISEASES; PAN TROGLODYTES; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PETS; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; ZOONOSES;

ANCYLOSTOMA; ANIMALIA; CERCOCEBUS AGILIS; CERCOPITHECUS NICTITANS; CESTODA; ENTAMOEBA COLI; PRIMATES; PROTOZOA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; STRONGYLOIDES FUELLEBORNI; TREMATODA; TRICHURIS; VERMES;

EID: 78649468813     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.09.023     Document Type: Article

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