Environmental contamination with feces of free-roaming dogs and the risk of transmission of Echinococcus and Taenia species in urban regions of southeastern Iran

Background Dogs are the most important definitive hosts of zoonotic taeniid helminths worldwide. Different Echinococcus and Taenia species of domestic and wild carnivores pose a potential risk to human population. High populations of free-roaming dogs (FRDs) in urban areas of Iran and widespread con...

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Published in:	Parasites & vectors Vol. 17; no. 1; p. 359
Main Authors:	Shamsaddini, Saeedeh, Schneider, Carina, Dumendiak, Sonja, Aghassi, Hossein, Kamyabi, Hossein, Akhlaghi, Elham, Wassermann, Marion, Fasihi Harandi, Majid, Deplazes, Peter, Romig, Thomas
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London BioMed Central 23.08.2024 BioMed Central Ltd BMC
Subjects:	Animals Biomedical and Life Sciences Biomedicine Cestode diseases Cities Contamination Cystic echinococcosis Distribution Dog Diseases - epidemiology Dog Diseases - parasitology Dog Diseases - transmission Dogs echinococcosis Echinococcosis - epidemiology Echinococcosis - parasitology Echinococcosis - transmission Echinococcosis - veterinary Echinococcus Echinococcus - classification Echinococcus - genetics Echinococcus - isolation & purification Echinococcus granulosus - classification Echinococcus granulosus - genetics Echinococcus granulosus - isolation & purification Entomology Environmental aspects Environmental contamination Feces Feces - parasitology Feral dogs Free-roaming dog genes Genotype Health aspects helminths human population Humans Infectious Diseases Iran Iran - epidemiology Parasitology people pollution risk Risk factors species Surveys Taenia (Biology) Taenia - classification Taenia - genetics Taenia - isolation & purification Taenia hydatigena Taeniasis - epidemiology Taeniasis - parasitology Taeniasis - transmission Taeniasis - veterinary Taeniidae Tropical Medicine Urbanization Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science Virology zinc chloride Zoonoses Zoonoses - parasitology Zoonoses - transmission Iran Urbanization Cystic echinococcosis Environmental contamination Taeniidae Free-roaming dog Echinococcus
ISSN:	1756-3305, 1756-3305
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