Echinococcosis: disease, detection and transmission
Echinococcosis is one of the world's most geographically widespread parasitic zoonoses, with transmission occurring in tropical, temperate and arctic biomes. Most human infections are due to Echinococcus granulosus transmitted between domestic dogs and livestock, but this cosmopolitan species a...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0031182003004384 2024-09-09T19:25:00+00:00 Echinococcosis: disease, detection and transmission CRAIG, P. S. ROGAN, M. T. CAMPOS-PONCE, M. 2003 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0031182003004384 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0031182003004384 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Parasitology volume 127, issue S1, page S5-S20 ISSN 0031-1820 1469-8161 journal-article 2003 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182003004384 2024-08-21T04:02:54Z Echinococcosis is one of the world's most geographically widespread parasitic zoonoses, with transmission occurring in tropical, temperate and arctic biomes. Most human infections are due to Echinococcus granulosus transmitted between domestic dogs and livestock, but this cosmopolitan species also cycles between wild carnivores (principally canids) and wild ungulates. The other species with significant zoonotic potential is E. multilocularis that occurs naturally in fox definitive hosts and small mammal intermediate hosts. These two species cause human cystic or alveolar echinococcosis respectively, which may be considered serious public health problems in several regions including developed countries. This review provides an introductory overview to the Supplement and summarises the biology and epidemiology of these two related cestodes with an emphasis on applied aspects relating to detection, diagnosis and surveillance in animal and human populations, and includes aspects of transmission ecology, and also considers aspects of community epidemiology and potential for control. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Cambridge University Press Arctic Parasitology 127 S1 S5 S20 |
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Echinococcosis is one of the world's most geographically widespread parasitic zoonoses, with transmission occurring in tropical, temperate and arctic biomes. Most human infections are due to Echinococcus granulosus transmitted between domestic dogs and livestock, but this cosmopolitan species also cycles between wild carnivores (principally canids) and wild ungulates. The other species with significant zoonotic potential is E. multilocularis that occurs naturally in fox definitive hosts and small mammal intermediate hosts. These two species cause human cystic or alveolar echinococcosis respectively, which may be considered serious public health problems in several regions including developed countries. This review provides an introductory overview to the Supplement and summarises the biology and epidemiology of these two related cestodes with an emphasis on applied aspects relating to detection, diagnosis and surveillance in animal and human populations, and includes aspects of transmission ecology, and also considers aspects of community epidemiology and potential for control. |
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Echinococcosis: disease, detection and transmission |
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Echinococcosis: disease, detection and transmission |
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