Are intestinal parasites in dogs an infection risk to children in the same household? An investigation in Cuba

dc.contributor.authorLuis Enrique Jerez Puebla
dc.contributor.authorEdel La Rosa Osoria
dc.contributor.authorFidel Ángel Núñez
dc.contributor.authorJorge Fraga Nodarse
dc.contributor.authorLissette Pérez Santos
dc.contributor.authorIraís Atencio Millán
dc.contributor.authorLázara Rojas Rivera
dc.contributor.authorIredys Cruz Rodríguez
dc.contributor.authorRigoberto Fimia-Duarte
dc.contributor.authorLucy J. Robertson
dc.coverage.spatialBolivia
dc.date.accessioned2026-03-22T19:35:29Z
dc.date.available2026-03-22T19:35:29Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.description.abstractAlthough our data do not indicate extensive zoonotic transmission of intestinal parasites from dogs, children living in a household with a dog were more likely to be infected with Giardia and/or Blastocystis, than those without dogs.
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/trstmh/traf039
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/traf039
dc.identifier.urihttps://andeanlibrary.org/handle/123456789/76949
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherOxford University Press
dc.relation.ispartofTransactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
dc.sourceInstituto de Medicina Tropical “Pedro Kourí”
dc.subjectHelminths
dc.subjectHelminthiasis
dc.subjectEnvironmental health
dc.subjectBiology
dc.subjectMedicine
dc.subjectImmunology
dc.subjectVirology
dc.titleAre intestinal parasites in dogs an infection risk to children in the same household? An investigation in Cuba
dc.typearticle

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