Parasite Zoonoses and Wildlife: Emerging Issues

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

R.C. Andrew Thompson²  Susan J. Kutz¹ 

[1] Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2N 4N1; E-mail:;World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for the Molecular Epidemiology of Parasitic Infections, School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia; E-mail:

关键词: Wildlife;    zoonoses;    parasitic infections;    emergence;    biosecurity;    Sarcoptes;    Giardia;    Echinococcus;    Toxoplasma;    Leishmania;    Trypanosoma;   

DOI  :  10.3390/ijerph6020678

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

The role of wildlife as important sources, reservoirs and amplifiers of emerging human and domestic livestock pathogens, in addition to well recognized zoonoses of public health significance, has gained considerable attention in recent years. However, there has been little attention given to the transmission and impacts of pathogens of human origin, particularly protozoan, helminth and arthropod parasites, on wildlife. Substantial advances in molecular technologies are greatly improving our ability to follow parasite flow among host species and populations and revealing valuable insights about the interactions between cycles of transmission. Here we present several case studies of parasite emergence, or risk of emergence, in wildlife, as a result of contact with humans or anthropogenic activities. For some of these parasites, there is growing evidence of the serious consequences of infection on wildlife survival, whereas for others, there is a paucity of information about their impact.

【 授权许可】

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