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. 2016 Nov 4;2:166–174. doi: 10.1016/j.onehlt.2016.11.002

Table 2.

Summary of peer-reviewed parasite surveillance reports identified as using One Health frameworks.

Country (language) Study design Animal species – diagnostic assay Human study population –diagnostic assay Environmental specimen – diagnostic assay Parasite identification by PCR (isolate source) Risk factor analysis (host) Quality score Citation
Visceral Leishmaniasis (Leishmania infantum)
Georgia (English) Cross-sectional Dogs, jackals, foxes – ELISA (sera) General public – Leishmanin Skin Test (LST) Sandflies - midgut dissection No Yes (canid & human) Moderate [17]
Turkey (English) Cross-sectional Dogs – PE, IFAT & ELISA (sera), smear/culture (lymph node aspirate) Village residents – PE, IFAT & ELISA (sera) Sandflies - midgut dissection No No Moderate [18]



Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (Leishmania major, L. tropica, L. aethiopica)
Egypt (English) Cross-sectional Rodents - Giemsa smear, culture, biochemical typing (skin scraping) Temporary workers – PE, IHAT, Giemsa smear, culture (skin scraping) Sandflies - midgut dissection, biochemical typing No No Low [19]
Iran (English) Cross-sectional Dogs – PE; Rodents – Giemsa stain, bioassay, culture, RAPD-PCR (skin scraping) Village residents – PE, Giemsa stain, bioassay, culture, RAPD-PCR (skin scraping) Sandflies - midgut dissection Yes (animal & human) Yes (human) Moderate [20]
Iran (English) Outbreak investigation Rodents - Giemsa stain, culture, RAPD-PCR (skin scraping) CL patients – Giemsa stain, culture, RAPD-PCR (skin scraping) Sandflies – midgut dissection, culture, bioassay, RAPD-PCR Yes (all) No Moderate [21]
Ethiopia (English) Cross-sectional Rock hyraxes, rodents – culture, bioassay, PCR (skin scraping) Current/past CL cases – culture, bioassay (skin scraping) Sandflies - midgut dissection Yes (hyrax) Yes (human) Moderate [22]



African Trypanosomiasis (Trypanosoma spp.)
Côte d'Ivoire (English) Cross-sectional Pigs – HCT, MLEE, bioassay, PCR (sera) Residents – CATT, MLEE, bioassay, PCR (sera) Tsetse flies – dissection, PCR Yes (all) No Moderate [23]



American Trypanosomiasis (Trypanosoma cruzi)
Venezuela (Spanish) Cross-sectional Dogs – ELISA, MABA (sera) Village residents – ELISA, MABA (sera) Triatomes – gut dissection, PCR Yes (triatome) Yes (dog & human) Moderate [24]
Columbia (English) Cross-sectional Dogs, small mammals – IFAT, ELISA, xenodiagnosis, hemoculture (sera) Community children (< 15 yrs) – IFAT, ELISA (sera) Triatomes – stool assay, PCR Yes (animal & triatome) Yes (dog) Moderate [25]
Brazil (English) Cross-sectional Dogs - IIFA, ELISA (sera); Small mammals – IFAT(sera) Community residents – IIFA, ELISA, hemoculture, PCR (sera) Triatomes – stool assay, PCR Yes (human & triatome) No High [26]
Columbia (Spanish) Cross-sectional Dogs, small mammals – ELISA, IIFA (sera) Residents – ELISA, IIFA (sera) Triatomes – PCR (stool) Yes (triatome) Yes (human) Moderate [27]
Costa Rica (English) Cross-sectional Dogs, cats, rats, mice, pigs, cattle, rabbits, opossum - xenodiagnosis, CF, IHA, bioassay (sera and/or necropsy) Town residents - CF, xenodiagnosis Triatomes – stool assay No Yes (animal & triatome) Moderate [28]



Babesiosis (Babesia spp.)
Italy (English) Cross-sectional Dogs, cattle, sheep, goats, wild boars, fallow-deer, roe-deer, horses – IFA, PCR (sera) High risk residents – ELISA (sera) Ticks - PCR Yes (animal & tick) No Moderate [29]



Toxoplasmosis (Toxoplasma gondii)
Poland (English) Cross-sectional Dogs, cats, cattle, pigs, horses, goats, rabbits, poultry – Giemsa smear, DAT, PCR (sera) Farm residents – ELFA (sera) Water – filtration, bioassay, PCR Yes (water) Yes (all) Moderate [30]



Cryptosporidiosis and/or Giardiasis (Cryptosporidium & Giardia spp.)
Tanzania (English) Cross-sectional Dogs, goats, sheep, baboons, chimpanzees – PCR (stool) Gombe National Park and village residents – PCR (stool) Water – filtration, PCR Yes (all) Yes (animal & human) High [31]
Bangladesh (English) Cross-sectional Cattle – IFAT, PCR (stool) Village residents, calf handlers – IFAT, PCR (stool) Water - filtration, IMS, PCR Yes (all) Yes (all) High [32]
India (English) Cross-sectional Dogs, cats, cattle, buffalo, goats, sheep, chickens – IMS-DFA (stool) Diarrhea ward patients - IMS-DFA (stool) Water – IMS-DFA Yes (all) Yes (all) Moderate [33]



Fishborne Trematodiasis (Heterophyidae, Echinostomatidae, Opisthorchis viverrini, Clonorchis sinensis, Metagonimus spp.)
Laos (English) Cross-sectional Cats, fish – necropsy Work camp residents, villagers – stool exam Snails – cercariae shedding, dissection No No Low [34]
Vietnam (English) Cross-sectional Dogs, cats, pigs – FECT (stool); fish – necropsy Village residents – Kato-Katz assay (stool) Snails – cercariae shedding, dissection No Yes (all) Moderate [35]
Laos (English) Cross-sectional Cats - unsure; fish – necropsy Village residents - MIFC or Kato-Katz (stool) Snails - dissection No No Low [36]
South Korea (Korean) Cross-sectional Fish – PE, bioassay (necropsy) School children with parents – formalin-ether MGL (stool) Snails – dissection No No Low [37]



Schistosomiasis (Schistosoma japonicum)
China (English) 2-year longitudinal study Dogs, cats, cattle, water buffalo, goats, pigs – Miracidia hatching test (stool) IHAT positive village residents - Miracidia hatching test, Kato-Katz (stool) Snails - dissection No Yes (snail) Moderate [38]
China (English) Cross-sectional Dogs, cats water buffalo, cattle, goats, pigs– Kato-Katz, PCR (stool) Village residents (3–65 yrs) – Kato-Katz, PCR (stool) Snails – cercariae shedding, PCR Yes (all) No Moderate [39]



Angiostrongyliasis (Angiostrongylus cantonensis)
China (English) Cross-sectional Rodents – necropsy City residents – ELISA (sera) Snails – tissue digest, bioassay No Yes (all) Moderate [40]



Dirofilariasis (Dirofilaria immitis)
Japan (English) Cross-sectional Dogs – hematocrit centrifugation assay/IFAT (sera) City residents – ELISA (sera) Mosquitoes - ELISA No Yes (dog & mosquito) Moderate [41]



Toxocariasis (Toxocara canis)
Spain (English) Cross-sectional Dogs – zinc sulphate flotation (stool) Village or town residents - ELISA (sera) Soil – magnesium sulphate assay No Yes (all) Low [42]
Italy (English) Cross-sectional Dogs – sodium nitrate flotation (stool) Area residents – ELISA (sera) Soil - sodium nitrate flotation No Yes (dog & soil) Low [43]
Brazil (English) Cross-sectional Dogs – water-ether flotation (stool) Community children – ELISA (sera) Soil - flotation assay No Yes (dog & human) Moderate [44]
St. Lucia (English) Cross-sectional Dogs – Richie assay (stool) Village children – ELISA (sera) Soil – zinc sulfate flotation No Yes (human) Moderate [45]



Taeniasis (Taeniasaginata)
Germany (German) Cross-sectional Cattle – smear test People- smear test Waste-water – smear test No No Low [46]

Abbreviations: PE = Physical Exam, ELISA = Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, IFAT = Indirect Fluorescent Antibody Test; PCR = Polymerase Chain Reaction; RAPD-PCR = Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA-Polymerase Chain Reaction; IHAT = Indirect Haemagglutination Test; FSC – Filtration, Sedimentation, Centrifugation; FECT = Formalin-ethyl Acetate Concentration Test; MIFC = Merthiolate-Iodine-Formalin Concentrations; NR = Not reported; IMS = Immunomagnetic Separation; DFA = Direct Immunofluorescence Antibody test; IIFA = Indirect Immune Fluorescence Assay; ELFA = Enzyme Linked Fluorescent Assay; MLEE = Multilocus Enzyme Electrophoresis; HCT = Haematocrit Centrifugation Technique; CATT = Card Agglutination Test for Trypanosomosis; CF = Complement Fixation.