Potential Pathogens Reported in Species of the Family Viverridae and Their Implications for Human and Animal Health
Autor: | L. V. Wicker, P. J. Canfield, D. P. Higgins |
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Rok vydání: | 2015 |
Předmět: |
0301 basic medicine
General Veterinary General Immunology and Microbiology Epidemiology Parasitic Diseases Animal 030231 tropical medicine Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Animal Diseases 03 medical and health sciences 030104 developmental biology 0302 clinical medicine Infectious Diseases Viverridae Risk Factors Zoonoses Animals Humans |
Zdroj: | Zoonoses and public health. 64(2) |
ISSN: | 1863-2378 |
Popis: | The Viverridae is a family of nocturnal carnivores including civets, genets and African linsangs. While a list of known organisms isolated from a species is an essential tool for population management, this review represents the first attempt to collate published reports of organisms isolated from viverrids. A wide range of organisms, including 11 viruses, eight bacterial species, one internal arthropod species, representatives from eight genera of protozoan, 21 genera of nematode, seven genera of cestode, eight genera of trematode and six genera of external arthropod (mites, ticks and louse), have been reported in literature spanning over a century of research. Many of these are capable of infecting multiple hosts, including humans. This is of concern given the anthropogenic factors that bring humans and domestic species into close contact with viverrids, facilitating transmission and spillover of organisms between groups. These factors include trade in viverrids for human consumption, captive management in zoos, rescue centres or on commercial breeding farms, and the increasing overlap of free-ranging viverrid distribution and human settlement. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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