
Deforestation could mean less bats and more viruses
Bats have important roles in the ecosystems they inhabit. Sometimes, they also carry viruses. One study in the Atlantic Forest suggests anthropogenic… Read more »
Bats have important roles in the ecosystems they inhabit. Sometimes, they also carry viruses. One study in the Atlantic Forest suggests anthropogenic… Read more »
Pollution of our waters with plastic debris has been a major focus of how humans are putting pressure on our ecosystems. Research is increasingly… Read more »
Now in its ninth year, the Odile Bain Memorial Prize was awarded by Parasites & Vectors, in collaboration with Boehringer… Read more »
The rise in human cases of zoonotic malaria poses a threat to control and elimination programmes in Southeast Asia, and a recent… Read more »
A recent study in Senegal looks at the financial impact of livestock schistosomiasis, highlighting that loss of earnings and… Read more »
Accurately mapping the prevalence and risk of infection is a vital tool for informing disease prevention and control strategies,… Read more »
Although the jury is still out regarding the origin of SARS-CoV-2, it is most likely to have originated in an animal reservoir.… Read more »
It is a given that humans will always be plagued (excuse the pun) by zoonotic diseases because we have a close relationship with… Read more »
COVID-19 is just one of the many infectious diseases that has been transmitted to humans from wild animals. Another zoonotic… Read more »
Echinococcosis is an often fatal zoonotic disease caused by infection with the larval stage of tapeworms from the genus… Read more »