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Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Rollinson, D. (Editor), Stothard, J. R. (J. Russell) (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, MA : Academic Press, [2023]
Series:Advances in parasitology ; Volume 120.
Subjects:
Parasitology.
Parasitology
Parasitologie.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Advances in Parasitology
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Contributors
  • Chapter One: Advanced approaches for the diagnosis and chemoprevention of canine vector-borne pathogens and parasites-Imp ...
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Important canine ectoparasites of the Asia-Pacific
  • 3. Key canine VBPs of the Asia-Pacific
  • 3.1. Anaplasma platys
  • 3.2. Babesia spp.
  • 3.3. Bartonella spp.
  • 3.4. Dirofilaria immitis
  • 3.5. Ehrlichia canis
  • 3.6. Haemotropic Mycoplasma spp.
  • 3.7. Hepatozoon canis
  • 3.8. Leishmania spp.
  • 3.9. Rickettsia felis and related species
  • 3.10. Trypanosoma evansi
  • 4. Conventional and advanced techniques for diagnosis
  • 4.1. Molecular diagnostic techniques
  • 4.2. Next-generation sequencing methods
  • 5. Prevention is better than cure: The role of ectoparasiticides in protecting dogs from VBPs
  • 5.1. Chemopreventive agents for ectoparasites
  • 5.2. Protection from VBP in the tropics: Safeguarding dog health where parasite infection pressure reaches its peak
  • 5.3. Adapting to the threats posed by VBP under a changing climate
  • 6. Recent advances in the diagnosis and chemoprevention of VBPs of dogs: A focus on the Asia-Pacific
  • 6.1. Applications of next-generation sequencing
  • 6.2. Next-generation sequencing for the characterization of protozoan communities
  • 6.3. Chemoprevention is central to blocking the transmission of VBPs in the tropics
  • 6.4. Preventing VBP transmission in animal populations also benefits humans
  • 7. Discussion and conclusions
  • 7.1. VBP control in canine populations in the tropics
  • 7.2. Novel diagnostics provide new insights into mammalian microbiomes
  • 7.3. Remaining challenges for the use of novel diagnostic tools
  • 7.4. VBPs of dogs: Future opportunities for their diagnosis and chemoprevention
  • 8. Concluding remarks
  • Acknowledgements
  • Funding
  • References.
  • Chapter Two: Food- and vector-borne parasitic zoonoses: Global burden and impacts
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Modes and routes of transmission of food- and vector-borne parasitic zoonoses
  • 3. Companion animals as common reservoirs of parasitic zoonoses
  • 4. Zoonoses by flat worms or flukes
  • 4.1. Liver fluke infections
  • 4.2. Intestinal flukes
  • 4.2.1. Echinostomes
  • 4.2.2. Heterophyes heterophyes
  • 4.2.3. Fasciolopsis buski
  • 4.3. Lung flukes
  • 4.4. Visceral Schistosomiasis
  • 4.5. Human cercarial dermatitis (HCD)
  • 5. Zoonoses by tapeworms
  • 5.1. Hydatidiasis/Echinococcosis
  • 5.2. Taeniasis/Neurocysticercosis
  • 5.3. Sparganosis and others
  • 6. Zoonoses by round worms
  • 6.1. Soil transmitted helminths affecting humans
  • 6.1.1. Ascariasis
  • 6.1.2. Hookworm infections
  • 6.1.3. Trichuriasis, strongyloidiasis, and others
  • 7. Vector-borne helminths
  • 7.1. Lymphatic filariasis
  • 7.2. Onchocerciasis
  • 7.3. Eye worm infections
  • 7.3.1. Dracunculiasis
  • 8. Meat- or fish-borne round worms
  • 8.1. Trichinellosis
  • 8.2. Angiostrongyliasis
  • 8.3. Gnathostomiasis
  • 9. Zoonoses by protozoa
  • 9.1. Enteric protozoa
  • 9.2. Entamoebiasis and giardiasis
  • 9.3. Cryptosporidiosis
  • 9.4. Toxoplasmosis
  • 9.5. Microsporidiasis, neosporosis and blastocystosis
  • 9.6. Haemoprotozoa
  • 9.6.1. Trypanosomiais
  • 9.6.2. Leishmaniasis
  • 9.6.3. Malaria and other intra-erythrocytic protozoa
  • 10. Some infrequent protozoan zoonoses
  • 11. Conclusions
  • Author´s contributions
  • Acknowledgements
  • Ethical statements
  • Conflict of interests
  • References.