The hookworm Ancylostoma ceylanicum: An emerging public health risk in Australian tropical rainforests and Indigenous communities

Ancylostoma ceylanicum is the common hookworm of domestic dogs and cats throughout Asia, and is an emerging but little understood public health risk in tropical northern Australia. We investigated the prevalence of A. ceylanicum in soil and free-ranging domestic dogs at six rainforest locations in F...

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Main Authors: Felicity A. Smout, Lee F. Skerratt, James R.A. Butler, Christopher N. Johnson, Bradley C. Congdon, R.C. Andrew Thompson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-06-01
Series:One Health
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352771416300684