Global impact of parasitic infections and the importance of parasite control.

Frontiers in parasitology Pub Date : 2025-03-10 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI:10.3389/fpara.2025.1546195
Ronald Kaminsky, Pascal Mäser
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Abstract

Parasites have a severe impact on animal and human health. Parasites like worms, ticks, mites, fleas, biting flies, mosquitoes, and pathogenic protozoa affect humans and their pets as well as their livestock globally, both in terms of severity and numbers. Parasitic infections are a global phenomenon, and they can be associated with severe or mild symptoms but represent a continuous risk of severe diseases for animals and humans. Therefore, effective treatment options and the prevention of infection are key for the wellbeing of pets, livestock, and humans, including the reduction of zoonotic risk of infection. The effective control of parasites in animals can greatly improve their quality of life and is also beneficial for humans; this is threatened by drug-resistant parasite populations. Today's key areas for improvement of parasite control are as follows: a) convenience of prevention and treatment, b) effectiveness against drug-resistant parasites, c) availability and reduced costs of treatment, and d) control measurements that are environmentally friendly.

寄生虫感染的全球影响和寄生虫控制的重要性。
寄生虫对动物和人类健康有严重影响。蠕虫、蜱虫、螨虫、跳蚤、咬蝇、蚊子和致病性原生动物等寄生虫在严重程度和数量上影响着全球人类及其宠物和牲畜。寄生虫感染是一种全球现象,可伴有严重或轻微症状,但对动物和人类来说,这是一种持续的严重疾病风险。因此,有效的治疗方案和预防感染对宠物、牲畜和人类的健康至关重要,包括减少人畜共患病的感染风险。有效控制动物寄生虫,可以大大提高动物的生活质量,对人类也有好处;这受到了耐药寄生虫种群的威胁。今天改善寄生虫控制的关键领域如下:a)预防和治疗的便利性;b)对耐药寄生虫的有效性;c)治疗的可得性和降低的费用;d)环境友好的控制措施。
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