| 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 |
| application of a species-specific pcr-rflp to identify ancylostoma eggs directly from canine faeces. | apart from their veterinary importance, the hookworms ancylostoma caninum, ancylostoma braziliense and ancylostoma caninum are also capable of causing zoonotic disease in humans. a highly sensitive and species-specific pcr-rflp technique was utilised to detect and differentiate the various canine ancylostoma spp directly from eggs in faeces. this technique was utilised to screen 101 canine faecal samples from parasite endemic tea growing communities in assam, india, as part as an ongoing epidemi ... | 2004 | 15325050 |
| colonization and risk factors for brachyspira aalborgi and brachyspira pilosicoli in humans and dogs on tea estates in assam, india. | the prevalence of colonization with the anaerobic intestinal spirochaetes brachyspira aalborgi and brachyspira pilosicoli was investigated in humans (n = 316) and dogs (n = 101) living on three tea estates in assam, india. colonization was detected using pcr on dna from faeces. nineteen (6%) human faecal samples contained b. aalborgi dna, 80 (25.3%) contained b. pilosicoli dna, and 10 (3.2%) contained dna from both species. one canine sample contained dna from b. pilosicoli. significant factors ... | 2004 | 14979599 |