The One Health approach to parasitic infections with zoonotic potential

Infections caused by parasites belong to the major global health problems. Opportunistic parasitic pathogens are often underdiagnosed or undiagnosed, despite their importance for human and animal health. These include, in particular, water- and food-borne zoonoses such as giardiasis, toxoplasmosis and cryptosporidiosis, as well as significant soil-borne nematodes such as animal and human strongyloidosis and carnivore uncinariosis. These parasites have been circulating in animal and human populations for a long time and pose a constant infection risk for immunocompromised individuals. As part of the project, we plan to develop the idea of \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"One Health\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" and connect human and veterinary medicine in the diagnosis of parasitic infections in Slovakia in selected populations and animals using an interdisciplinary and collaborative approach. Zoonotic diseases are currently on the rise, so the project aims to obtain data on species composition, genotypes and assemblies using modern detection methods.