A recent study in Senegal looks at the financial impact of livestock schistosomiasis, highlighting that loss of earnings and reduced productivity is… Read more »
Accurately mapping the prevalence and risk of infection is a vital tool for informing disease prevention and control strategies, as is exemplified… 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 »
Toxoplasma gondii is an infamously widespread parasite prevalent across much of the world, with nearly one-third of humanity… Read more »
Pork tapeworm: a parasite that afflicts poor, marginalised farming and rural communities within 56 countries across the globe.… Read more »
Researchers report on PCR screening for potentially zoonotic pathogens detected in the faecal samples of wild and semi-captive… Read more »
Researchers from Benin and France uncovered a missing piece of the puzzle for human-cattle schistosome hybridization.
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