Current Status of Food Borne Parasitic Zoonoses in India: A Concern for Public Health

摘要

Zoonotic diseases are those diseases which are naturallytransmitted from animals to human beings. In the group of zoonoticdiseases parasitic zoonotic diseases constitute many infectiousdiseases with vast host range and different modes of transmission.The prevalence, distribution and transmission pattern of theseparasitic diseases were exaggerated by influence of both human andenvironment factors. Impact of such diseases warrants human publichealth for appropriate surveillance so that proper measures shouldbe taken by the government to check their transmission. This papersummarizes the reports of zoonotic parasitic infections encounteredin various parts of India which are classified as meat borne, foodborne, water borne, fish borne, crustaceans borne and rawvegetables borne diseases. The transmission of these zoonoticdiseases can be decreased by increasing the awareness programsamong the stakeholder’s like animal handlers, veterinarians, medicalofficers, farmers, livestock owners and butchers. There should be aneed of superior with rapid diagnostic techniques, propersurveillance and monitoring tools for forecasting and evaluation of anumber of zoonotic parasitic diseases.