Major Parasitic Zoonoses Associated with Dogs and Cats in Europe

Journal of Comparative Pathology

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2016, Pages S54-S74

  Baneth, G ^a   Thamsborg, S M ^b   Otranto, D ^c   Guillot, J ^d   Blaga, R ^d   Deplazes, P ^e   Solano Gallego, L ^f  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^d Département des Sciences Biologiques et Pharmaceutiques   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

companion animal; Europe; parasite; zoonotic disease

Indexed keywords

CAT DISEASE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DIROFILARIASIS; DOG DISEASE; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; EUROPE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LEISHMANIASIS; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; TOXOCARIASIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; CAT; CAT DISEASES; DOG; DOG DISEASES; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PET ANIMAL; TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EUROPE; HUMANS; PETS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84950127733     PISSN: 00219975     EISSN: 15323129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2015.10.179     Document Type: Review

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