Helminth parasites of cats from the Vientiane province, Laos, as indicators of the occurrence of causative agents of human parasitoses
Language English Country France Media print
Document type Journal Article
- MeSH
- Helminths classification isolation & purification ultrastructure MeSH
- Animals, Wild MeSH
- Helminthiasis epidemiology transmission MeSH
- Helminthiasis, Animal epidemiology parasitology transmission MeSH
- Animals, Domestic MeSH
- Population Density MeSH
- Cats MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Microscopy, Electron, Scanning MeSH
- Cat Diseases epidemiology parasitology transmission MeSH
- Prevalence MeSH
- Disease Reservoirs MeSH
- Zoonoses MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Check Tag
- Cats MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Geographicals
- Laos epidemiology MeSH
A total of 55 domestic cats (Felis catus f. domestica) and one wild (Bengal) cat (Prionaluirus bengalensis) from the Vientiane Province, central Laos, were examined for helminth parasites with emphasis given to potential human parasites. The following species were found (parasites infective to man marked with an asterisk): Opisthorchis viverrini, Haplorchis pumilio, H. taichui, H. yokogawai, Stellantchasmus falcatus (Digenea); Spirometra sp., Dipylidium caninum, Taenia taeniaeformis (Cestoda); Capillariidae gen. sp., Toxocara canis, T. cali, Ancylostoma ceylanicum, A. tubaeforme, Gnathostoma spinigerum, Physaloptera preputialis (Nematoda); and Oncicola sp. (Acanthocephala). This study demonstrated that examination of cats may provide useful data on the occurrence of helminths which are potential causative agents of human diseases.
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