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Some of the worms found in cats are transmissible to humans, in other words, zoonotic agents. The greatest danger to humans is posed by the fox tapeworm ( E. multilocularis ). It causes the clinical picture of alveolar echinococcosis , which is characterized by small-bubble destruction of internal organs - affecting the liver in >99.9% - and is ...
Proximity to freshwater outflows into the ocean was a major risk factor. Ingestion of oocysts from cat feces is considered to be the most likely ultimate source. [164] Surface runoff containing wild cat feces and litter from domestic cats flushed down toilets are possible sources of oocysts.
Toxocariasis is an illness of humans caused by the dog roundworm (Toxocara canis) and, less frequently, the cat roundworm (Toxocara cati). [1] These are the most common intestinal roundworms of dogs, coyotes, wolves and foxes and domestic cats, respectively. [2] Humans are among the many "accidental" or paratenic hosts of these roundworms. [3]
Dividing T. gondii parasites. Toxoplasma gondii (/ ˈ t ɒ k s ə ˌ p l æ z m ə ˈ ɡ ɒ n d i. aɪ,-iː /) is a species of parasitic alveolate that causes toxoplasmosis. [3] Found worldwide, T. gondii is capable of infecting virtually all warm-blooded animals, [4]: 1 but felids are the only known definitive hosts in which the parasite may undergo sexual reproduction.
A feline zoonosis is a viral, bacterial, fungal, protozoan, nematode or arthropod infection that can be transmitted to humans from the domesticated cat, Felis catus.Some of these diseases are reemerging and newly emerging infections or infestations caused by zoonotic pathogens transmitted by cats.
Toxocara cati, also known as the feline roundworm, is a parasite of cats and other felids. It is one of the most common nematodes of cats, infecting both wild and domestic felids worldwide. Adult worms are localised in the gut of the host. In adult cats, the infection – which is called toxocariasis – is usually asymptomatic. However ...
worldwide: one of the most common human parasites; estimated to infect between 30–50% of the global population. [6] [7] ingestion of uncooked/undercooked pork/lamb/goat with Toxoplasma bradyzoites, ingestion of raw milk with Toxoplasma tachyzoites, ingestion of contaminated water food or soil with oocysts in cat feces that is more than one ...
Instead the larvae continue to migrate unpredictably unable to develop into adults, so eggs are seldom found in diagnostic tests or human feces. [1] [9] This also means the number of worms present in humans is a reflection of the number of third stage larvae ingested. [citation needed]