Leprosy in Nonimmigrant Canadian Man without Travel outside North America, 2014
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018 In Canada, Hansen disease (leprosy) is rare and not considered in diagnoses for nonimmigrant patients. We report Mycobacterium leprae infection in a Canadian man whose sole travel was to Florida, USA. The M.
Paul E. Bonnar +5 more
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Reservoir frogs: seasonality of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection in robber frogs in Dominica and Montserrat [PDF]
PeerJ, 2019 Emerging infectious diseases are an increasingly important threat to wildlife conservation, with amphibian chytridiomycosis, caused by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, the disease most commonly associated with species declines and extinctions.
Michael A. Hudson +12 more
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Non-Human Primate Models of HIV Brain Infection and Cognitive Disorders
Viruses, 2022 Human Immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-associated neurocognitive disorders are a major burden for people living with HIV whose viremia is stably suppressed with antiretroviral therapy.
Sarah J. Byrnes +6 more
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The evaluation of control measures against Schistosoma mekongi in Cambodia by a mathematical model [PDF]
, 2008 We constructed a mathematical model for the transmission of Schistosoma mekongi in Cambodia. The simulation of the model will be instrumental in planning schistosomiasis control measures.
Allen +47 more
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Domestic Animals as Potential Reservoirs of Zoonotic Viral Diseases
Annual Review of Animal Biosciences, 2023 Zoonoses are diseases and infections naturally transmitted between humans and vertebrate animals. Over the years, zoonoses have become increasingly significant threats to global health. They form the dominant group of diseases among the emerging infectious diseases (EID) and currently account for 73% of EID.
Oyewale, Tomori, Daniel O, Oluwayelu
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Parallelisms and Contrasts in the Diverse Ecologies of the Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Borrelia burgdorferi Complexes of Bacteria in the Far Western United States. [PDF]
, 2016 Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Borrelia burgdorferi are two tick-borne bacteria that cause disease in people and animals. For each of these bacteria, there is a complex of closely related genospecies and/or strains that are genetically distinct and have ...
Foley, Janet, Stephenson, Nicole
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Human African trypanosomiasis : current status and eradication efforts [PDF]
, 2020 Epidemics of human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) in the 20th century led to millions of deaths. However, since the start of the twenty-first century, there is been a continued decline in the number of reported cases, due to increased investment and ...
Davis, Christopher +2 more
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Surveillance of Wild Birds for Avian Influenza Virus
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2010 Recent demand for increased understanding of avian influenza virus in its natural hosts, together with the development of high-throughput diagnostics, has heralded a new era in wildlife disease surveillance.
Bethany J. Hoye +4 more
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Drivers of disease emergence and spread: Is wildlife to blame? [PDF]
, 2014 The global focus on wildlife as a major contributor to emerging pathogens and infectious diseases (EIDs) in humans and domestic animals is not based on field, experimental or dedicated research, but mostly on limited surveys of literature, opinion and ...
Kock, R A
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Foot and Mouth Disease in Livestock and Reduced Cryptosporidiosis in Humans, England and Wales
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2003 During the 2001 epidemic of foot and mouth disease (FMD) in livestock in England and Wales, we discovered a corresponding decrease in laboratory reports of cryptosporidiosis in humans.
William J. Smerdon +4 more
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