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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE
Volume 83, Issue 2, Pages 338-341Publisher
AMER SOC TROP MED & HYGIENE
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.10-0137
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Royal University Hospital
- Western College of Veterinary Medicine
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Five genera of potentially zoonotic bacteria and parasites were detected in environmentally collected fecal samples from a remote indigenous community in Northern Saskatchewan. Canada Organisms identified include Toxocaria canis, Ecliniococcus granulosus. Giardia duodenal's.. Cryptosporidium spp. and Campylobacter spp The prevalence and intensity of Giardia spp. and Campylobacter spp in fecal samples was particularly remarkable Three-quarters of samples tested contained at least one zoonotic species of Campylobacter, and C jejuni-containing. feces had an average of 2 9 x 10(5) organisms/g Over one-half of samples tested contained Giardia spp with an average of 9.266 cysts/g Zoonotic G duodenalis Assemblage A was the only Giardia spp genotype identified These data suggest that canine feces have the potential to pose a significant health risk to Canadians in rural and remote indigenous communities
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