Table 1.
Number of published papers according to zoonotic organism and symptoms recorded in people
| Organism | Number of papers/Reference | Symptoms in people |
|---|---|---|
| Dirofilaria immitis | 1/Welch and Dobson (1974a) | Pulmonary lesions, retinal granuloma. |
| D. immitis and Toxocara canis | 1/Welch et al. (1979) | Visceral larval migrans, Ocular larval migrans |
| Microsporum canis | 1/Kaminski and Green (1977) | Rare cause of Tinea capitis |
| Coronavirus‐like particles |
2/Schnagl et al. (1978) Schnagl and Holmes (1978) |
Unknown, possible gastroenteritis |
| Giardia spp. |
2/Meloni et al. (1988) Hopkins et al. (1997) |
Acute diarrhoea, weight loss and abdominal pain. |
| Spirochaetes |
2/Lee and Hampson (1994) Lee and Hampson (1996) |
Unknown, possible cause of diarrhoea and dehydration |
| Parasites (Wide range) |
4/Meloni et al. (1993) Jenkins and Andrew (1993) Thompson et al. (1993) Shield et al. (2015) |
Range of acute gastroenteritis |
| Sarcoptes scabiei |
2/Walton et al. (1999) Walton et al. (2004) |
Skin lesions, secondary bacterial infection |
| Ancylostoma spp. | 1/Palmer et al. (2007) | Eosinophilic enteritis, cutaneous larval migrans |
| Blastocystis | 1/Parkar et al. (2007) | Unknown |
| Rickettsia felis | 1/Hii et al. (2011) | Fever, rash, headache, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhoea, as well as central nervous system involvement (photo‐phobia, hearing loss, and/or meningism) |
| Streptococcus dysgalactiae (SDSE) | 1/Schrieber et al. (2014) | Unknown |