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Parasitic Diseases, Animal

MedGen UID:
18300
•Concept ID:
C0030500
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Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Animal Parasitic Disease; Animal Parasitic Diseases; Animal Parasitic Infection; Animal Parasitic Infections; Disease, Animal Parasitic; Diseases, Animal Parasitic; Infection, Animal Parasitic; Infections, Animal Parasitic; Parasitic Disease, Animal; Parasitic Infection, Animal; Parasitic Infections, Animal

Definition

Animal diseases caused by PARASITES. [from MeSH]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Proposed refined diagnostic criteria and classification of eosinophil disorders and related syndromes.
Valent P, Klion AD, Roufosse F, Simon D, Metzgeroth G, Leiferman KM, Schwaab J, Butterfield JH, Sperr WR, Sotlar K, Vandenberghe P, Hoermann G, Haferlach T, Moriggl R, George TI, Akin C, Bochner BS, Gotlib J, Reiter A, Horny HP, Arock M, Simon HU, Gleich GJ
Allergy 2023 Jan;78(1):47-59. Epub 2022 Oct 19 doi: 10.1111/all.15544. PMID: 36207764Free PMC Article
The 2020 International Alliance for the Control of Scabies Consensus Criteria for the Diagnosis of Scabies.
Engelman D, Yoshizumi J, Hay RJ, Osti M, Micali G, Norton S, Walton S, Boralevi F, Bernigaud C, Bowen AC, Chang AY, Chosidow O, Estrada-Chavez G, Feldmeier H, Ishii N, Lacarrubba F, Mahé A, Maurer T, Mahdi MMA, Murdoch ME, Pariser D, Nair PA, Rehmus W, Romani L, Tilakaratne D, Tuicakau M, Walker SL, Wanat KA, Whitfeld MJ, Yotsu RR, Steer AC, Fuller LC
Br J Dermatol 2020 Nov;183(5):808-820. Epub 2020 Mar 29 doi: 10.1111/bjd.18943. PMID: 32034956Free PMC Article
Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention of Lyme Disease, Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis, and Babesiosis: A Review.
Sanchez E, Vannier E, Wormser GP, Hu LT
JAMA 2016 Apr 26;315(16):1767-77. doi: 10.1001/jama.2016.2884. PMID: 27115378Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Why foodborne and waterborne parasites are important for veterinarians.
Almeria S, Robertson L, Santin M
Res Vet Sci 2021 May;136:198-199. Epub 2021 Mar 2 doi: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2021.02.020. PMID: 33684793
Transmission and epidemiology of zoonotic protozoal diseases of companion animals.
Esch KJ, Petersen CA
Clin Microbiol Rev 2013 Jan;26(1):58-85. doi: 10.1128/CMR.00067-12. PMID: 23297259Free PMC Article
Vector-borne diseases in humans and animals: activities of the Swiss Tropical Institute and risks for Switzerland.
Zinsstag J, Schelling E
Schweiz Arch Tierheilkd 2003 Dec;145(12):559-66, 568-9. doi: 10.1024/0036-7281.145.12.559. PMID: 14725182
Parasitic contaminants in food.
Anantaphruti MT
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 2001;32 Suppl 2:218-28. PMID: 12041594
The epidemiology of cancer in animals.
Dorn CR
Calif Med 1967 Dec;107(6):481-9. PMID: 4865378Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Recent Progress on Tick-Borne Animal Diseases of Veterinary and Public Health Significance in China.
Jia W, Chen S, Chi S, He Y, Ren L, Wang X
Viruses 2022 Feb 9;14(2) doi: 10.3390/v14020355. PMID: 35215952Free PMC Article
Evaluation of Parasitic Diseases in Patients Brought to Fırat University Animal Hospital.
Gündoğ SÖ, Çelik F, Şimşek S
Turkiye Parazitol Derg 2021 Dec 2;45(4):268-273. doi: 10.4274/tpd.galenos.2021.43534. PMID: 34889194
Why foodborne and waterborne parasites are important for veterinarians.
Almeria S, Robertson L, Santin M
Res Vet Sci 2021 May;136:198-199. Epub 2021 Mar 2 doi: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2021.02.020. PMID: 33684793
Dogs, cats, parasites, and humans in Brazil: opening the black box.
Dantas-Torres F, Otranto D
Parasit Vectors 2014 Jan 14;7:22. doi: 10.1186/1756-3305-7-22. PMID: 24423244Free PMC Article
Pentastomiasis and other parasitic zoonoses from reptiles and amphibians.
Pantchev N, Tappe D
Berl Munch Tierarztl Wochenschr 2011 Nov-Dec;124(11-12):528-35. PMID: 22191176

Therapy

Human pentastomiasis in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Vanhecke C, Le-Gall P, Le Breton M, Malvy D
Med Mal Infect 2016 Sep;46(6):269-75. Epub 2016 Mar 19 doi: 10.1016/j.medmal.2016.02.006. PMID: 27004769
Introduction.
Lewin H, Roberts M
Annu Rev Anim Biosci 2016;4:v. doi: 10.1146/annurev-av-4-021616-100001. PMID: 26884105
Lessons from the History of Ivermectin and Other Antiparasitic Agents.
Campbell WC
Annu Rev Anim Biosci 2016;4:1-14. Epub 2015 Oct 29 doi: 10.1146/annurev-animal-021815-111209. PMID: 26515271
Strategies for the elimination of taeniasis/cysticercosis.
García HH, González AE, Del Brutto OH, Tsang VC, Llanos-Zavalaga F, Gonzalvez G, Romero J, Gilman RH; Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru
J Neurol Sci 2007 Nov 15;262(1-2):153-7. Epub 2007 Aug 2 doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2007.06.039. PMID: 17681546
The future of veterinary parasitology: a time for change?
Thompson RC
Vet Parasitol 2001 Jul 12;98(1-3):41-50. doi: 10.1016/s0304-4017(01)00422-8. PMID: 11516578

Prognosis

Why foodborne and waterborne parasites are important for veterinarians.
Almeria S, Robertson L, Santin M
Res Vet Sci 2021 May;136:198-199. Epub 2021 Mar 2 doi: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2021.02.020. PMID: 33684793
Climate change and Arctic parasites.
Dobson A, Molnár PK, Kutz S
Trends Parasitol 2015 May;31(5):181-8. Epub 2015 Apr 17 doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2015.03.006. PMID: 25900882
Transmission and epidemiology of zoonotic protozoal diseases of companion animals.
Esch KJ, Petersen CA
Clin Microbiol Rev 2013 Jan;26(1):58-85. doi: 10.1128/CMR.00067-12. PMID: 23297259Free PMC Article
Vector-borne diseases in humans and animals: activities of the Swiss Tropical Institute and risks for Switzerland.
Zinsstag J, Schelling E
Schweiz Arch Tierheilkd 2003 Dec;145(12):559-66, 568-9. doi: 10.1024/0036-7281.145.12.559. PMID: 14725182
Infectious and parasitic diseases of captive carnivores, with special emphasis on the black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes).
Williams ES, Thorne ET
Rev Sci Tech 1996 Mar;15(1):91-114. doi: 10.20506/rst.15.1.915. PMID: 8924718

Clinical prediction guides

Evaluation of Parasitic Diseases in Patients Brought to Fırat University Animal Hospital.
Gündoğ SÖ, Çelik F, Şimşek S
Turkiye Parazitol Derg 2021 Dec 2;45(4):268-273. doi: 10.4274/tpd.galenos.2021.43534. PMID: 34889194
Human pentastomiasis in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Vanhecke C, Le-Gall P, Le Breton M, Malvy D
Med Mal Infect 2016 Sep;46(6):269-75. Epub 2016 Mar 19 doi: 10.1016/j.medmal.2016.02.006. PMID: 27004769
Climate change and Arctic parasites.
Dobson A, Molnár PK, Kutz S
Trends Parasitol 2015 May;31(5):181-8. Epub 2015 Apr 17 doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2015.03.006. PMID: 25900882
Vector-borne diseases in humans and animals: activities of the Swiss Tropical Institute and risks for Switzerland.
Zinsstag J, Schelling E
Schweiz Arch Tierheilkd 2003 Dec;145(12):559-66, 568-9. doi: 10.1024/0036-7281.145.12.559. PMID: 14725182
Infectious and parasitic diseases of captive carnivores, with special emphasis on the black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes).
Williams ES, Thorne ET
Rev Sci Tech 1996 Mar;15(1):91-114. doi: 10.20506/rst.15.1.915. PMID: 8924718

Recent systematic reviews

Systematic review on infection and disease caused by Thelazia callipaeda in Europe: 2001-2020.
do Vale B, Lopes AP, da Conceição Fontes M, Silvestre M, Cardoso L, Coelho AC
Parasite 2020;27:52. Epub 2020 Sep 29 doi: 10.1051/parasite/2020048. PMID: 32996882Free PMC Article
Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in pregnant women and livestock in the mainland of China: a systematic review and hierarchical meta-analysis.
Deng H, Devleesschauwer B, Liu M, Li J, Wu Y, van der Giessen JWB, Opsteegh M
Sci Rep 2018 Apr 18;8(1):6218. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-24361-8. PMID: 29670127Free PMC Article
Systematic review of animal models of post-infectious/post-inflammatory irritable bowel syndrome.
Qin HY, Wu JC, Tong XD, Sung JJ, Xu HX, Bian ZX
J Gastroenterol 2011 Feb;46(2):164-74. Epub 2010 Sep 17 doi: 10.1007/s00535-010-0321-6. PMID: 20848144

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