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This is particularly relevant in low- and middle-income countries, where people share living space with their domestic animals. We investigated whether dog ownership was associated with intestinal parasitoses in children in Cuba.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Faecal samples were collected from children from 108 households in a rural village in Cuba, of which 66 owned a dog and 42 did not. Samples were also collected from the dogs. Samples were examined for intestinal parasites by microscopy and molecular methods.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>The most commonly identified intestinal parasites in children were Giardia duodenalis and Blastocystis spp., occurring significantly more frequently among children with a dog. However, there was no significant association when these parasites were considered separately. Among dogs, the most commonly detected intestinal parasites were Ancylostoma spp. (in 29 dogs; 44%) and Giardia (in 25 dogs; 38%). Although Ancylostoma spp. can be zoonotic, infection in people is not intestinal; cutaneous larval migrans was not evident in these children.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Although our data do not indicate extensive zoonotic transmission of intestinal parasites from dogs, children living in a household with a dog were more likely to be infected with Giardia and\/or Blastocystis, than those without dogs.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/trstmh\/traf039","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,3,30]],"date-time":"2025-03-30T16:36:35Z","timestamp":1743352595000},"page":"1023-1029","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Are intestinal parasites in dogs an infection risk to children in the same household? 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