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Zoonotic Soil-Transmitted Helminths in Free-Roaming Dogs, Kiribati

Soil-transmitted helminths are highly prevalent in the Asia–Pacific region. We report a 96.5% prevalence of zoonotic soil-transmitted helminths in dogs in Kiribati. We advocate for urgent implementation of treatment and prevention programs for these zoonotic pathogens, in line with the Kiribati–Worl...

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Autores principales: Zendejas-Heredia, Patsy A., Crawley, Allison, Byrnes, Helen, Traub, Rebecca J., Colella, Vito
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8314807/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34287132
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2708.204900
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author Zendejas-Heredia, Patsy A.
Crawley, Allison
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Traub, Rebecca J.
Colella, Vito
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description Soil-transmitted helminths are highly prevalent in the Asia–Pacific region. We report a 96.5% prevalence of zoonotic soil-transmitted helminths in dogs in Kiribati. We advocate for urgent implementation of treatment and prevention programs for these zoonotic pathogens, in line with the Kiribati–World Health Organization Cooperation Strategy 2018–2022.
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spelling pubmed-83148072021-08-07 Zoonotic Soil-Transmitted Helminths in Free-Roaming Dogs, Kiribati Zendejas-Heredia, Patsy A. Crawley, Allison Byrnes, Helen Traub, Rebecca J. Colella, Vito Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch Soil-transmitted helminths are highly prevalent in the Asia–Pacific region. We report a 96.5% prevalence of zoonotic soil-transmitted helminths in dogs in Kiribati. We advocate for urgent implementation of treatment and prevention programs for these zoonotic pathogens, in line with the Kiribati–World Health Organization Cooperation Strategy 2018–2022. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021-08 /pmc/articles/PMC8314807/ /pubmed/34287132 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2708.204900 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Zendejas-Heredia, Patsy A.
Crawley, Allison
Byrnes, Helen
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Colella, Vito
Zoonotic Soil-Transmitted Helminths in Free-Roaming Dogs, Kiribati
title Zoonotic Soil-Transmitted Helminths in Free-Roaming Dogs, Kiribati
title_full Zoonotic Soil-Transmitted Helminths in Free-Roaming Dogs, Kiribati
title_fullStr Zoonotic Soil-Transmitted Helminths in Free-Roaming Dogs, Kiribati
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title_short Zoonotic Soil-Transmitted Helminths in Free-Roaming Dogs, Kiribati
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8314807/
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