Prevlence and risk factors for opisthorchis viverrini infection among cats and dogs in six districts surrounding the ubolratana dam, an endemic area for human opisthorchiasis in northeastern thailand.
The objective
of this study was to determine the prevalence and risk factors for O. viverrini
infection among cats and dogs in six districts surrounding Ubolratana Dam. Fecal
samples of 1,018 dogs and 249 cats were collected between 2008 and 2013 to
examine for O. viverrini infection using a modified formalin-ether concentration
technique. The prevalence of O. viverrini infection among cats (77 of 249, 30.92%)
was higher than dogs (2 of 1,018, 0.20%). Age and the eating habits of cats were
associated with O. viverrini infection. Cats aged >3 years were more likely than
those aged <1 year [Odds ratio (OR)=2.96; 95% confidence interval (95% CI): 1.01-
8.35; p = 0.044] of being infected. Cats that consumed raw fish were significantly
more likely to be infected than those that consumed other foods (OR=1.82, 95%
CI: 1.05-3.16; p = 0.032). Cats had a higher prevalence of O. viverrini infection than
dogs and may play an important role in the transmission and maintenance of this
disease in the study area.
PMID: 29634175 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health - Category: Tropical Medicine Tags: Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health Source Type: research
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