Communications Medicine (Nov 2022)

Human social conditions predict the risk of exposure to zoonotic parasites in companion animals in East and Southeast Asia

  • Vito Colella,
  • Phrutsamon Wongnak,
  • Yi-Lun Tsai,
  • Viet-Linh Nguyen,
  • D. Y. Tan,
  • Kenneth B. Y. Tong,
  • Na Lu,
  • Fang Fang,
  • Yin Zhijuan,
  • Jiangwei Wang,
  • Xin Liu,
  • Junyan Dong,
  • Wisnu Nurcahyo,
  • Upik K. Hadi,
  • Virginia Venturina,
  • Piyanan Taweethavonsawat,
  • Saruda Tiwananthagorn,
  • Thong Q. Le,
  • Khanh L. Bui,
  • Malaika Watanabe,
  • Puteri A. M. A. Rani,
  • Rebecca J. Traub,
  • Frédéric Beugnet,
  • Karine Chalvet-Monfray,
  • Lénaïg Halos

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-022-00210-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Colella, Wongnak et al. test pet dogs and cats from metropolitan areas of eight countries in East and Southeast Asia for zoonotic parasites. The authors identify factors associated with potential exposure to zoonotic parasites, including animal characteristics and human living conditions.