Article
Multiple drug resistance in hookworms infecting greyhound dogs in the USA
2021-04-24
Abstract excerpt
The hookworm Ancylostoma caninum is the most prevalent nematode parasite of dogs. Recently, we confirmed multiple-drug resistance (MDR) in several A. caninum isolates to all anthelmintic drug classes approved for the treatment of hookworms in dogs in the United States (USA). Cases of MDR hookworms appear to be highly overrepresented in greyhounds, suggesting that the MDR worms evolved on racing greyhound farms/k...
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- Literature Corpus work
- f512aa0e-5f41-52fe-8f4f-d3f318a43a25
- DOI
- 10.1101/2021.04.24.438405
