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PARASITOLOGY RESEARCH
卷 120, 期 12, 页码 4091-4111出版社
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DOI: 10.1007/s00436-021-07072-4
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Didelphis spp; Public health; Reservoirs; Vectors; Wildlife; Zoonotic parasites
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- Universita degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro within the CRUI-CARE Agreement
Medium sized opossums play important ecological roles in the Americas, but as synanthropic animals, they may harbor various pathogens that pose potential threats to humans, pets, and livestock, highlighting the risks of disease transmission in public health and veterinary fields.
Medium sized opossums (Didelphis spp.) are among the most fascinating mammals of the Americas, playing important ecological roles (e.g., dispersal of seeds and control of insect populations) in the environment they inhabit. Nevertheless, as synanthropic animals, they are well adapted to human dwellings, occupying shelters within the cities, peripheral areas, and rural settings. These marsupials can harbor numerous pathogens, which may affect people, pets, and livestock. Among those, some protozoa (e.g., Leishmania infantum, Trypanosoma cruzi, Toxoplasma gondii), helminths (e.g., Ancylostoma caninum, Trichinella spiralis, Alaria marcianae, Paragonimus spp.) and arthropods (e.g., ticks, fleas) present substantial public health and veterinary importance, due to their capacity to cause disease in humans, domestic animals, and wildlife. Here, we reviewed the role played by opossums on the spreading of zoonotic parasites, vectors, and vector-borne pathogens, highlighting the risks of pathogens transmission due to the direct and indirect interaction of humans and domestic animals with Didelphis spp. in the Americas.
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