Current status of food-borne parasitic zoonoses in Hong Kong
Ko, R.C.
Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health 22(Suppl): 42-47
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0125-1562 PMID: 1822935 Document Number: 368039
Although there have been no recent epidemiological studies on parasitic zoonoses in Hong Kong, the following diseases are known to occur locally: toxoplasmosis, clonorchiasis, fasciolopsiasis, cysticercosis, hydatidosis, sparganosis, trichinellosis, angiostrongyliasis, gnathostomiasis and trichostrongylosis. Most of them are due to the consumption of infected animals imported from China. Due to the general unawareness of parasitic diseases by physicians and health authorities, the importance of zoonoses has been under recognized.