Use of Veterinary Vaccines for Livestock as a Strategy to Control Foodborne Parasitic Diseases

SANDER VALERIA A; SANCHEZ-LOPEZ, EDWIN; MENDOZA MORALES, L.F.; RAMOS DUARTE, V.A; CORIGLIANO, MARIANA G.; CLEMENTE MARINA

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Lausanne : Frontiers Media SA

Año: 2020

Foodborne diseases (FBDs) are a major concern worldwide since they are associated with high mortality and morbidity in the human population. Among the causative agents of FBDs, Taenia solium, Echinococcus granulosus, Toxoplasma gondii, Cryptosporidium spp., and Trichinella spiralis are listed in the top global risk ranking of foodborne parasites. One common feature between them is that they affect domestic livestock,encompassing an enormous risk to global food production and human health from farm to fork, infecting animals, and people either directly or indirectly. Several approaches havebeen employed to control FBDs caused by parasites, including veterinary vaccines forlivestock. Veterinary vaccines against foodborne parasites not only improve theanimalhealth by controlling animal infections but also contribute to increase public health bycontrolling an important source of FBDs. In the present review, we discuss the advances in the development of veterinary vaccines for domestic livestock as a strategy to control foodborne parasitic diseases.