Abstract
Emerging and Re-Emerging Parasitic Zoonoses in India
Highlights
India is world’s seventh largest country with diversity in human culture and habits
Many previous reviews are available (Chhabra and Pathak 2008a, b, c; Singh et al, 2010b), the December 2015 | Volume 3 | Issue 12 | Page 617 present review provides an elaborate account of the occurrences of these emerging and re-emerging zoonotic parasitic diseases in the Indian subcontinent
Lack of proper surveillance and scarcity of information regarding the existence of asymptomatic animal carriers could be few reasons for underestimation of their prevalence
Summary
India is world’s seventh largest country with diversity in human culture and habits. Indian rural population sustain mainly on agriculture and livestock rearing. Earlier reports suggest that northern states of the country like Delhi and Uttar Pradesh have prevalence rates of 3.5-4.3 per cent (Uppal and Natarajan, 1991; Ajjampur et al, 2010) and 7.2-11.6 per cent (Nath et al, 1999; Tahira et al, 2012) respectively in their human population.
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