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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Zoonotic tissue parasites of Australian wildlife

David M Spratt
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Australian National Wildlife Collection
National Research Collections Australia, CSIRO
GPO Box 1700
Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
Tel: +61 2 6242 1648
Email: dave.spratt@csiro.au

Microbiology Australia 37(1) 12-14 https://doi.org/10.1071/MA16005
Published: 11 February 2016

Abstract

Increasing use of bushlands for recreational, commercial and scientific activities fosters movement across the urban-bushland interface. This may facilitate the transmission of parasitic diseases from wildlife to humans (zoonoses). The fashionable trend to consumption of game meats such as feral pig and crocodile, and raw fish such as sushi, sashimi and pickled herring has exacerbated the zoonotic potential of parasites of wildlife.


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