AUTHOR=Sander Valeria A. , Sánchez López Edwin F. , Mendoza Morales Luisa , Ramos Duarte Victor A. , Corigliano Mariana G. , Clemente Marina 

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

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

VOLUME=10

YEAR=2020

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/cellular-and-infection-microbiology/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2020.00288

DOI=10.3389/fcimb.2020.00288

ISSN=2235-2988

ABSTRACT=<p>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, <italic>Taenia solium, Echinococcus granulosus, Toxoplasma gondii, Cryptosporidium</italic> spp., and <italic>Trichinella spiralis</italic> 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 have been employed to control FBDs caused by parasites, including veterinary vaccines for livestock. Veterinary vaccines against foodborne parasites not only improve the animal health by controlling animal infections but also contribute to increase public health by controlling 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.</p>