| the role of dogs in transmission of gastrointestinal parasites in a remote tea-growing community in northeastern india. | the prevalence and risk factors associated with canine gastrointestinal parasitic zoonoses and the role of dogs in the mechanical transmission of human ascaris infection was examined in three tea estates in assam, india. nearly all (99%) dogs harbored one or more zoonotic species of gastrointestinal parasites, with hookworm infection being most common (94%). parasitic stages presumed to be host-specific for humans such as ascaris spp. (31%), trichuris trichiura (25%), and isospora belli (2%) wer ... | 2002 | 12479559 |