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Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii and Cryptosporidium in Feral and Farmed American Mink (Neovison vison) in Denmark.

Mita Eva SenguptaSussie PaghAnna-Sofie StensgaardMariann ChrielHeidi Huus Petersen
Published in: Acta parasitologica (2021)
Farmed mink were all T. gondii sero-negative, whereas approximately half the feral mink were sero-positive. Cryptosporidium prevalence in farmed and feral mink were low. Overall, the public health risk of transmission of these two parasites via mink in Denmark is low.
Keyphrases
  • public health
  • toxoplasma gondii
  • risk factors
  • plasmodium falciparum