COVID-19 is just one of the many infectious diseases that has been transmitted to humans from wild animals. Another zoonotic disease is a species of… Read more »
Echinococcosis is an often fatal zoonotic disease caused by infection with the larval stage of tapeworms from the genus Echinococcus. These parasitic… 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.
Krisztian Magori summarizes recent research published on the genetic structure of Guinea worms collected from humans and non-human… Read more »
Potential zoonotic schistosomiasis transmission could have a large impact on the control of schistosomiasis. In 2014 there was an… Read more »
Vaccinating pigs against parasitic infections has not hitherto been a priority. However, with the increasing risks of zoonotic… Read more »
In early 2014, the European Centre of Diseases Prevention and Control reported cases of urogenital schistosomiasis in a group of… Read more »
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