Chagas disease is caused by a parasite carried by kissing bugs. Traditionally, these bugs were found mostly in rural areas, but they are finding ways to live and thrive in urban environments, bringing the disease with them.
While it is currently difficult to measure the population age-structure of mosquitoes, researchers are developing technologies to understand how time governs the way we think of virus-vector interactions.
Researchers from Benin and France uncovered a missing piece of the puzzle for human-cattle schistosome hybridization.
Whether travelling with their owners or moving long distances to be adopted, pet dogs are integrated into our modern mobile lifestyle, often moving freely between cities, states, and nations. This movement of dogs can also spread parasites, including some with zoonotic implications, increasing the risk of infection and raising questions about the prevalence of parasites in public parks.
New research demonstrates that livestock can be exposed to rabies virus and survive. Scientists have detected rabies virus neutralizing antibodies in livestock which can help protect against death from rabies.
Bats have been identified as reservoir host for Leishmania parasites in Spain.
An eight year study, conducted in Zhalong National Nature Reserve, shows how the common cuckoo decides when to lay an egg in the nest of the Oriental willow warbler.