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
Affiliations
- Vito Colella
- University of Melbourne
- Phrutsamon Wongnak
- Université de Lyon
- Yi-Lun Tsai
- National Pingtung University of Science and Technology
- Viet-Linh Nguyen
- University of Bari
- D. Y. Tan
- Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health
- Kenneth B. Y. Tong
- Animal & Avian Veterinary Clinic
- Na Lu
- Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health
- Fang Fang
- College of Animal Science and Technology, Guangxi University
- Yin Zhijuan
- College of Animal Science and Technology, Guangxi University
- Jiangwei Wang
- Sapphire Veterinary Hospital
- Xin Liu
- Meilian Zhonghua Veterinary Referral Center
- Junyan Dong
- Nanjing Police Dog Research Institute
- Wisnu Nurcahyo
- Gadjah Mada University
- Upik K. Hadi
- IPB University Indonesia
- Virginia Venturina
- Central Luzon State University
- Piyanan Taweethavonsawat
- Chulalongkorn University
- Saruda Tiwananthagorn
- Chiang Mai University
- Thong Q. Le
- Nong Lam University
- Khanh L. Bui
- Vietnam National University of Agriculture
- Malaika Watanabe
- University Putra Malaysia
- Puteri A. M. A. Rani
- University Putra Malaysia
- Rebecca J. Traub
- University of Melbourne
- Frédéric Beugnet
- Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health
- Karine Chalvet-Monfray
- Université de Lyon
- Lénaïg Halos
- Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-022-00210-8
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 2,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 10
Abstract
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.