RESEARCH ARTICLE A systematic review of zoonotic enteric parasitic diseases among nomadic and pastoral people Amber N. Barnes1,2¤a*, Anu Davaasuren1,3¤b, Uyanga Baasandagva1,4¤b, Gregory C. Gray2,5¤a 1 Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 2 Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States of America, 3 National Center for Communicable Disease, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 4 National Center for Zoonotic Disease, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 5 Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States of America a1111111111 a1111111111 ¤a Current address: Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, a1111111111 United States of America a1111111111 ¤b Current address: Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia a1111111111 *
[email protected] Abstract OPEN ACCESS Citation: Barnes AN, Davaasuren A, Baasandagva Introduction U, Gray GC (2017) A systematic review of zoonotic enteric parasitic diseases among nomadic and Zoonotic enteric parasites are ubiquitous and remain a public health threat to humans due pastoral people. PLoS ONE 12(11): e0188809. to our close relationship with domestic animals and wildlife, inadequate water, sanitation, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0188809 and hygiene practices and diet. While most communities are now sedentary, nomadic and Editor: Srinand Sreevatsan, Michigan State pastoral populations still exist and experience unique exposure risks for acquiring zoonotic University College of Veterinary Medicine, UNITED enteric parasites. Through this systematic review we sought to summarize published STATES research regarding pathogens present in nomadic populations and to identify the risk factors Received: August 10, 2017 for their infection. Accepted: October 25, 2017 Published: November 30, 2017 Methods Copyright: © 2017 Barnes et al.