Multiple zoonotic parasites identified in dog feces collected in ponte de Lima, Portugal—A potential threat to human health

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 9050-9067

  Mateus, Teresa Letra ^a,b,c   Castro, António ^c   Ribeiro, João Niza ^c   Vieira Pinto, Madalena ^b  

^a University School Vasco da Gama   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Dog; Echinococcus; Fecal environmental contamination; Helminths; Parasitic zoonoses; Public health

Indexed keywords

CANID; FECAL COLIFORM; FECES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH RISK; PARASITE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ANCYLOSTOMA; ARTICLE; CESTODE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPYLIDIUM CANINUM; DOG; ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; FECES ANALYSIS; HEALTH HAZARD; INFECTION RISK; INTESTINE PARASITE; ISOSPORA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POLLUTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTUGAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAENIA; TOXASCARIS LEONINA; TOXOCARA; TRICHURIS; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; CESTODE INFECTIONS; COCCIDIA; COCCIDIOSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; DOG DISEASES; FECES; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEMATODE; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; VETERINARY; ZOONOSES;

PONTE DE LIMA; PORTUGAL;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; VERMES;

ANIMALS; CESTODA; CESTODE INFECTIONS; COCCIDIA; COCCIDIOSIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FECES; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84908065690     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph110909050     Document Type: Article

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