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Different but overlapping populations of Strongyloides stercoralis in dogs and humans-Dogs as a possible source for zoonotic strongyloidiasis.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases - 1 Aug 2017
Jaleta Tegegn G, Zhou Siyu, Bemm Felix M, Schär Fabian, Khieu Virak, Muth Sinuon, Odermatt Peter, Lok James B, Streit Adrian
Abstract excerpt
Strongyloidiasis is a much-neglected soil born helminthiasis caused by the nematode Strongyloides stercoralis. Human derived S. stercoralis can be maintained in dogs in the laboratory and this parasite has been reported to also occur in dogs in the wild. Some authors have considered strongyloidiasis a zoonotic disease while others have argued that the two hosts carry host specialized populations of S. stercoralis...
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