Abstract

Zoonotic cestodes, nematodes and trematodes are widely prevalent in different parts of India. Despite the increasing prevalence of helminth infections among animals, zoonotic infections were not common in Kerala. However, the occurrence of several infections like sparganosis and human dirofilarosis among human subjects in Kerala, being recently diagnosed in the Department of Veterinary Parasitology, reminds of the need to review the situation with special emphasis to the socio economic background of the state. 

Keywords : Taeniosis, sparganosis, diro¿ lariosis, Kerala, ]oonosis