Risk of cutaneous larva migrans and other zoonotic parasites infections due to feral cats from a touristic tropical park

Platyhelminths registered here, do not represent a zoonosis risk but indirectly show a risky feeding behavior, because rats and fish act as intermediate hosts of zoonotic parasites like Toxoplasma gondii and trematodes respectively [1]. Parasite General frequency (%) Frequency (%) Load Sex Age Seaso...

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Published in:Travel medicine and infectious disease 2014-11, Vol.12 (6), p.684-686
Main Authors: Romero-Callejas, Evangelina, Rendón-Franco, Emilio, Villanueva-García, Claudia, Osorio-Sarabia, David, Muñoz-García, Claudia I
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Animals
Animals, Wild - parasitology
Cat Diseases - diagnosis
Cat Diseases - epidemiology
Cat Diseases - parasitology
Cats
Female
Humans
Infectious Disease
Larva Migrans - diagnosis
Larva Migrans - transmission
Male
Mexico - epidemiology
Nematoda - isolation & purification
Nematode Infections - diagnosis
Nematode Infections - epidemiology
Nematode Infections - transmission
Parasites
Parasitic Diseases
Recreation
Reptiles & amphibians
Risk Factors
Studies
Travel
Travel medicine
Winter
Zoonoses
Zoonoses - diagnosis
Zoonoses - parasitology
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Summary:Platyhelminths registered here, do not represent a zoonosis risk but indirectly show a risky feeding behavior, because rats and fish act as intermediate hosts of zoonotic parasites like Toxoplasma gondii and trematodes respectively [1]. Parasite General frequency (%) Frequency (%) Load Sex Age Season Sex Age Season Male Female Young Adult Summer Winter Male Female Young Adult Summer Winter Digenea Platynosomum concinnum 22.73 21.42 25.00 0.00+ 45.45 26.66 16.66 13.69 9.42 0.54* 26.4 13.73 6.33 Cestoda Mesocestoides sp. 4.55 7.14 0.00 9.09 0.00 6.66 0.00 0.07 0.00 0.09 0.00 0.06 0.00 Taenia taeniaeformis 18.18 14.28 25.00 9.09 27.27 20.00 16.66 1.15 1.57 0.09 2.77 0.80 2.33 Nematoda Ancylostoma tubaeforme 77.27 71.42 87.5 72.72 81.81 80.00 66.66 15.23 27.57 15.36 24.66 12.60 33.83 Toxocara cati 31.82 21.42 50 45.45 18.18 26.66 50.00 0.46 1.28 0.81 0.66 0.53 1.16 Pearsonema plica 18.18 21.42 12.50 9.09 27.27 66.66 33.33 0.38 0 0.27 0.22 0.06 0.66 Trichuris campanula 47.62 28.57+ 87.50 45.45 54.54 33.33 83.33+ 2.00+ 29.85 2.54 23.00 13.33 5.83* Olullanus tricuspis 13.64 7.14 25.00 27.27* 0 13.33 16.66 0.07 3.28 2.18 0.00 1.46 0.33 Arthropoda Ctenocephalides felis 50 54.54 66.66 75.00 44.44 66.66 40.00 4.80 2.60 5.62 2.37 5.58 2.2 Felicola subrostratus 4.55 9.09 0.00 0.00 11.11 0.00 20.00 0.90 0.00 0.00 1.12 0.00 1.80 Table 1 Species, frequency and loads of feral cat parasites. *p < 0.10.+p < 0.5.
ISSN:1477-8939
1873-0442
DOI:10.1016/j.tmaid.2014.10.018