Fecal examination on 112 and a subset of 58 wild lions (Panthera leo) in the Serengeti National Park and the Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania, East Africa revealed eggs, larvae, and protozoan cysts of 15 parasite taxa. The most prevalent were Spirometra sp. (63% prevalence), Taeniidae (58%), Ancylostoma sp. (56%), and a coccidian (53%). Three parasites were considered spurious. Of the hosts, 97.3% w...

Human zoonosis threatens public health disease surveillance, management, control and eventual elimination. Nowadays, people and pets share private and public utilities oblivious of the potential risk of zoonotic pathogen transmissions. Toxocariasis is one of the most prevalent zoonotic helminthic infections that are transmitted by cats and dogs through soils contaminations. The present study so...

infected by ingesting unwashed vegetables contaminated by animal feces containing strongyloid larvae. Larvae mature into adults in the intestines. Sporadic cases of this infection in humans have been reported in many countries (7). In France, several autochthonous cases were suspected, but because of their rarity and diffi culty in identifi cation, they are not commonly reported (8). Eggs of Tr...

over moist, somewhat uneven ground, favouring the accumulation of water here and there, soon lead to profuse development of larvse. These favourable circumstances are found whenever latrines are absent. The excrementa lie scattered in large masses near human dwellings, especially in swampy soil frequently trampled on by men and animals, without any outflow of water. This is the peculiar home of...

OBJECTIVE Establishing the presence of zoonotic gastrointestinal nematodosin soil samples in recreational areas in Suba (one of the largest localities of Bogotá, Colombia) between July 2005 and June 2006. METHODOLOGY The presence of several gastrointestinal parasites' eggs, larvae and oocysts were determined by initial soil sedimentation and later flotation with Sheather solution; some of the...

Historically, the diagnosis of soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) (e.g., Strongyloides stercoralis, Trichuris trichiura, Ancylostoma duodenale, Necator americanus, and Ascaris lumbricoides) has relied on often-insensitive microscopy techniques. Over the past several years, there has been an effort to use molecular diagnostics, particularly quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR), to detect...