Zoonotic Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections among Humans, Gabon

Huan Zhao; Polydor Ngoy Mutombo; Rodrigue Mintsa-Nguema; Dieudonne Nkoghe; Julienne Atsame; Matthew Watts; Catherine Gordon; Richard S. Bradbury

doi:10.3201/eid3110.250816

Zoonotic Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections among Humans, Gabon

Huan Zhao, Polydor Ngoy Mutombo, Rodrigue Mintsa-Nguema, Dieudonne Nkoghe, Julienne Atsame, Matthew Watts, Catherine Gordon Richard S. Bradbury

Emerging infectious diseases, Vol.31(10), pp.2029-2033

01/10/2025

: https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3110.250816

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Zoonotic Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections among Humans, Gabon

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We report human infections with Necator gorillae and Strongyloides fuelleborni, zoonotic helminths from nonhuman primates, in Gabon. We also detected a cryptic Ancylostoma species helminth. Infections occurred in settings of localized deforestation and environmental degradation, which increase human-animal contact. Surveillance to clarify the extent of human infections is needed.

: Zoonotic Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections among Humans, Gabon
: Huan Zhao - James Cook University
Polydor Ngoy Mutombo - Southern Cross University
Rodrigue Mintsa-Nguema - National Centre for Scientific and Technological Research of Gabon
Dieudonne Nkoghe - MDS
Julienne Atsame - MDS
Matthew Watts - Westmead Hospital
Catherine Gordon - The University of Queensland
Richard S. Bradbury - James Cook University
: Emerging infectious diseases, Vol.31(10), pp.2029-2033
: US Centers Disease Control & Prevention
: 5
: Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship; Australian Government; Department of Industry, Innovation and Science
: 991013372609602368
: Faculty of Health
: English
: Journal article