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    Ancylostoma ceylanicum Hookworms in Dogs, Grenada, West Indies
    Zendejas-Heredia, PA ; Colella, V ; Macpherson, MLA ; Sylvester, W ; Gasser, RB ; Macpherson, CNL ; Traub, RJ (CENTERS DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION, 2022-09)
    Ancylostoma ceylanicum hookworms are recognized agents of human infection in the Asia-Pacific region. We investigated prevalence of zoonotic hookworm infections in dogs in Grenada in 2021; 40.8% were infected by hookworms, including Ancylostoma ceylanicum. Surveillance of this parasite in dogs and humans is needed in tropical/subtropical countries in the Americas.
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    Translational Research of Zoonotic Parasites: Toward Improved Tools for Diagnosis, Treatment and Control
    Colella, V ; Traub, RJ ; Gasser, RB (MDPI, 2021-11)
    A range of factors, including social, demographic and economic transformation and human-induced environmental changes, are influencing the emergence or re-emergence of zoonoses, posing new challenges in how we detect, treat and prevent such diseases [...].