Are disease reservoirs special? Taxonomic and life history characteristics. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Pathogens that spill over between species cause a significant human and animal health burden. Here, we describe characteristics of animal reservoirs that are required for pathogen spillover.
Benjamin T Plourde +5 more
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Disease reservoirs: from conceptual frameworks to applicable criteria
Emerging Microbes and Infections, 2017 Central to the One Health approach and any disease eradication program is the question of whether a pathogen has a non-human reservoir. Despite well-established conceptual frameworks that define a reservoir of infection, empirical characterization of ...
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Success in animal skin fashion in African countries or the boom of the wet market [PDF]
Veterinary World, 2022 The world and the way things are done have changed, from selling clothing in brick-and-mortar stores to online shopping through social media platforms. Population growth has significantly contributed to an increased clothing demand, which, in turn, has ...
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Review and A Brief Report on the Health Perspective, Causative Agents, Vectors, and Reservoirs of Visceral Leishmaniasis in Iran [PDF]
Journal of Health Sciences and Surveillance System, 2022 Background: Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is still widespread in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide. The vector of the disease is a sandfly, when infected with Leishmania parasite, can transmit the parasite from humans to other vertebrates.
Jalal Mohammadi +6 more
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Mosquito-Borne Viruses and Non-Human Vertebrates in Australia: A Review
Viruses, 2021 Mosquito-borne viruses are well recognized as a global public health burden amongst humans, but the effects on non-human vertebrates is rarely reported. Australia, houses a number of endemic mosquito-borne viruses, such as Ross River virus, Barmah Forest
Oselyne T. W. Ong +3 more
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The pathogenesis of zoonotic viral infections: Lessons learned by studying reservoir hosts
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 Zoonotic viral infections that cause severe disease or even death in some people may be asymptomatic or mild in reservoir hosts. Comparison of the pathogenesis of these two host categories may potentially explain the difference in disease.
Lineke Begeman +4 more
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Mycobacterium microti Infections in Free-Ranging Red Deer (Cervus elaphus)
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2021 Infections with Mycobacterium microti, a member of the M. tuberculosis complex, have been increasingly reported in humans and in domestic and free-ranging wild animals.
Giovanni Ghielmetti +9 more
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Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2021 The plague caused by the Yersinia pestis bacterium is primarily a flea-transmitted zoonosis of rodents that can also be conveyed to humans and other mammals.
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Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2021 Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has spread globally, and the number of worldwide cases continues to rise. The zoonotic origins of SARS-CoV-2 and its intermediate and potential spillback host reservoirs, besides humans, remain
Mitra Gultom +27 more
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Native rodent species are unlikely sources of infection for Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis along the Transoceanic Highway in Madre de Dios, Peru. [PDF]
, 2014 An estimated 2.3 million disability-adjusted life years are lost globally from leishmaniasis. In Peru's Amazon region, the department of Madre de Dios (MDD) rises above the rest of the country in terms of the annual incidence rates of human leishmaniasis.
Conrad, Patricia A +7 more
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