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  • Full Professor at McGill University, Departments of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology; Senior Investigator at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre and Chair of the Laboratory for the Study of Host-Parasite Interaction., McGill University
La leishmaniose — une infection parasitaire qui provoque des plaies cutanées — a été découverte chez des fox-hounds en Amérique du Nord. Shutterstock

Un parasite mangeur de chair transporté par les chiens fait son apparition en Amérique du Nord

Victoria Wagner, Université de Montréal; Christopher Fernandez-Prada, Université de Montréal, and Martin Olivier, McGill University

Des chiens importés au Canada ont introduit un parasite mangeur de chair transmissible aux humains. Vétérinaires, chercheurs et responsables de la santé publique doivent y faire face ensemble.
Leishmaniosis — a parasitic infection that causes skin sores — has been found in kenneled American foxhounds. (Shutterstock)

A flesh‑eating parasite carried by dogs is making its way to North America

Victoria Wagner, Université de Montréal; Christopher Fernandez-Prada, Université de Montréal, and Martin Olivier, McGill University

Importing dogs into Canada has also introduced a flesh-eating parasite that is transmissible to humans. Veterinarians, researchers and public health officials should work together to curtail the disease.

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