TERAMO – Simone Morelli and Mariasole Colombo, PhD students in “Veterinary Medical Sciences, Public Health and Animal Welfare” of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Teramo, are among the authors of a Review entitled “Canine and Feline Parasitology: Analogies, Differences , and Relevance for Human Health ”, just published in the prestigious Clinical Microbiology Reviews.
It is a journal published by the American Society for Microbiology and is considered by the Clarivate ranking the second most important in the world in the field of Microbiology / Parasitology and Infectious / Parasitic Diseases of man and animals.
The article offers an examination of the similarities and differences of the most important parasitic diseases of dogs and cats (the most common pets) from the point of view of clinical importance in Veterinary Medicine and from a “One Health” perspective. In particular, the article reports the parasitological point of view on the importance of the collaboration between Human Medicine and Veterinary Medicine in relation to the human-pet relationship.
Among the other authors of the article are Angela Di Cesare and Donato Traversa, both of the University of Teramo and respectively associate professor and full professor of Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases and Anastasia Diakou, full professor of Parasitology of the University of Thessaloniki (Greece) who has been collaborating for years with the group coordinated by Professor Traversa at the University of Teramo.
