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One Health and Parasites
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Author(s): Said Sajjad Ali Shah (Veterinary Research Institute, Pakistan)and Adnan Khan (Wildlife Department, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan)
Copyright: 2019
Pages: 31
Source title:
Global Applications of One Health Practice and Care
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Sandul Yasobant (Center for Development Research (ZEF), Germany)and Deepak Saxena (Indian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar, India)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-6304-4.ch004
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Abstract
One health is a collective term used to address human and animal health issues under one platform. More than half of the diseases of humans are directly or indirectly related to animal health and spread from animals to humans or vice versa. Etiological agents of zoonotic diseases may be bacterial, viral, or parasitic in origin. Among them, parasitic agents are very important because they are either directly involved as etiological agents or as vectors of other pathogenic organisms. Parasitic zoonoses are transmitted to humans through vectors, food, or drinking water, and thus categorized as vector borne, food borne, and water borne parasitic zoonoses. Food borne and water borne parasitic zoonoses include all those parasitic diseases which are transmitted to humans by consuming contaminated food and water. An extensive alliance is necessary amongst physicians, veterinarians, and public health workers for timely response and approach to guarantee the prevention and management of infections.
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