Strongyloides stercoralis in a dog litter: Evidence suggesting a transmammary transmission.
Geohelminths
Italy
parasite
soil-transmitted helminth
zoonosis
Journal
Acta tropica
ISSN: 1873-6254
Titre abrégé: Acta Trop
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 0370374
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jul 2022
Jul 2022
Historique:
received:
08
02
2022
revised:
29
03
2022
accepted:
11
04
2022
pubmed:
16
4
2022
medline:
26
5
2022
entrez:
15
4
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Strongyloides stercoralis is a soil-transmitted helminth with an unusual life cycle, causing canine and human strongyloidiasis, mainly endemic in tropical and subtropical areas. Following percutaneous or oral transmission of infective third-stage larvae in the vertebrate host, the parasite can cause autoinfection, leading to life-long infection. At present, the transmammary transmission was only assessed in experimentally infested dogs. Here, we provide observational evidence of S. stercoralis transmammary transmission in puppies suckling from a truffle dog from Central Italy, from where its presence was neglected.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35427536
pii: S0001-706X(22)00157-7
doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2022.106465
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
106465Informations de copyright
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