Issue |
Parasite
Volume 10, Number 4, December 2003
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Page(s) | 343 - 350 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2003104343 | |
Published online | 25 August 2014 |
Mémoire
Helminth parasites of cats from the Vientiane Province, Laos, as indicators of the occurrence of causative agents of human parasitoses
Les helminthes parasites du chat de la province de Vientiane, Laos, indicateurs de la prévalence des parisitoses humaines
Institute of Parasitology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic & Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of South Bohemia, Ceské Budějovice, Czech Republic.
* Correspondence : T. Scholz, Institute of Parasitology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Branišovská 31, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic. Tel. : ++420-38-777-543 - Fax : ++420-38-5310-38 E-mail : tscholz@paru.cas.cz
Received:
8
February
2003
Accepted:
23
May
2003
A total of 55 domestic cats (Felis calus f. domestico) and one wild (Bengal) cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) from the Vientiane Province, central Laos, were examined for helminth parasites with emphasis given to potential human parasites. The following species were found (parasites infective to man marked with an asterisk): Opisthorchis viverrini*, Haplorchis pumilio*,H. laichui*,H. yokogawai*, Stellantchasmus falcatus* (Digenea); Spirometra sp.*, Dipylidium caninum*, Taenia taeniaeformis (Cestoda); Capillariidae gen. sp., Toxocara canis*, T. cati*, Ancylostoma ceylanicum*, A. tubaeforme, Gnathostoma spinigerum*, Physaloptera preputials (Nematoda); and Oncicola sp. (Acanthocephala). This study demonstrated that examination of cats may provide useful data on the occurrence of helminths which are potential causative agents of human diseases.
Résumé
Un total de 55 chats domestiques (Felis catus f. domestica) et un chat sauvage (Bengal) (Prionailurus bengalensis) de la province de Vientiane, au centre du Laos, ont été examinés à la recherche d'helminthes parasites en mettant l'accent sur ceux qui peuvent être transmis à l'hommes. Les espèces suivantes ont été retrouvées (les parasites infestants pour l'homme sont suivis d'un astérisque): Opisthorchis viverrini*, Haplorchis pumilio*, H. taichui *, H. yokogawai*, Stellantchasmus falcatus* (Digenea); Spirometra sp.*, Dipylidium caninum*, Taenia taeniaeformis (Cestoda); Capillariidae gen. sp., Toxocara canis*, T. cati*, Ancylostoma ceylanicum *, A. tubaeforme, Gnathostoma spinigerum *, Physaloptera preputialis (Nematoda); and Oncicola sp. (Acanthocephala). Cette étude démontre que l'examen de chats peut apporter des informations utiles sur la prévalence des helminthiases potentiellement transmissibles à l'homme.
Key words: helminths / cats / Laos / human parasites / prevalence / epidemiology
Mots clés : helminthe / chat / Laos / parasitose humaine / prévalence / épidémiologie
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