The importance of animal disease to public health in the Caribbean with special reference to Jamaica PART V: Parasitic infections

ABSTRACT

(1) A survey of the parasitic disease common to man and animals in the Caribbean has been described. (2) The limited occurred of Taenia daginata, T. solium, Echinococcus granulosus and Trichinella spiralis is pointed out. (3) Reference is made to the high incidence of human infections with Fasciola hepatica in Cuba (AU)