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Using Environmental DNA Sampling for Simultaneous Detection of Hosts and Their Pathogens: A Case Study With the Critically Endangered Frog Genus Atelopus

Animal Conservation, EarlyView.
Environmental DNA is a powerful tool for simultaneous detection of rare species and their pathogens. We confirmed the presence of Atelopus at multiple sampling locations and found that the concentration of the amphibian pathogen Bd in eDNA samples was correlated with stream characteristics and the pathogen load of the amphibian community.
Jamie Voyles, Corinne L. Richards‐Zawacki, Allison Q. Byrne, Angie Estrada, Roberto Ibáñez, Keely M. Rodriguez, Caren S. Goldberg   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Zebra stripes: the questions raised by the answers

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Multiple hypotheses have been suggested to explain why the three zebra species (Equus quagga, E. grevyi and E. zebra) are striped. We review how well these theories explain the nature (rather than simply the existence) of the stripes. Specifically, we explore how well different theories explain (i) the form of zebra stripes (especially on ...
Hamish M. Ireland, Graeme D. Ruxton
wiley   +1 more source

Mapping the Habitat Suitability of Culex pipiens in Europe Using Ensemble Bioclimatic Modelling

Journal of Biogeography, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim Anthropogenic pressure on natural ecosystems has profoundly influenced the dynamics of disease vectors, altering their distribution, phenology, and increasing the risk of vector‐borne diseases. This study aims to investigate the climatic and environmental determinants of Culex pipiens distribution in continental Europe, to inform and ...
Lara Marcolin, Agnese Zardini, Eleonora Longo, Beniamino Caputo, Piero Poletti, Moreno Di Marco   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

New Patterns for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza and Adjustment of Prevention, Control and Surveillance Strategies: The Example of France

Viruses
From 2020 up to summer 2023, there was a substantial change in the situation concerning the high pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus in Europe. This change concerned mainly virus circulation within wildlife, both in wild birds and wild mammals.
Axelle Scoizec, Eric Niqueux, Audrey Schmitz, Béatrice Grasland, Loïc Palumbo, Adeline Huneau-Salaün, Sophie Le Bouquin   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Strategy to Develop and Evaluate a Multiplex RT-ddPCR in Response to SARS-CoV-2 Genomic Evolution

Current Issues in Molecular Biology, 2021
The worldwide emergence and spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) since 2019 has highlighted the importance of rapid and reliable diagnostic testing to prevent and control the viral transmission.
Laura A. E. Van Poelvoorde, Mathieu Gand, Marie-Alice Fraiture, Sigrid C. J. De Keersmaecker, Bavo Verhaegen, Koenraad Van Hoorde, Ann Brigitte Cay, Nadège Balmelle, Philippe Herman, Nancy Roosens   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Simultaneous Detection of Missing Amphibians and Their Fungal Pathogen in a Biodiversity Hotspot Using eDNA

Molecular Ecology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Since the 1970s, striking amphibian declines in population abundances and presumed extinctions have been recorded globally. The chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) is one of the key drivers of these declines. To investigate the potential role of Bd in the decline of Brazil's amphibians, we first used eDNA metabarcoding to survey
Carla Martins Lopes, C. Guilherme Becker, Délio Baêta, Juliane Petri de Carli Monteiro, Mariana Lúcio Lyra, Kelly Raquel Zamudio, Anthony Chariton, Célio Fernando Baptista Haddad   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis Virus Infection of Cotton Rats

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2007
Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (VEEV) is an emerging pathogen of equids and humans, but infection of its rodent reservoir hosts has received little study.
Anne-Sophie Carrara, Lark L. Coffey, Patricia V. Aguilar, Abelardo C. Moncayo, Amelia P.A. Travassos Da Rosa, Marcio R.T. Nunes, Robert B. Tesh, Nikos Vasilakis   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Enzootic mosquito vector species at equine encephalitis transmission foci in the República de Panamá

PLoS ONE, 2017
The identification of mosquito vector species present at arboviral enzootic transmission foci is important to understand transmission eco-epidemiology and to propose and implement prevention and control strategies that reduce vector-borne equine ...
R. Torres, Rafael Samudio, J. Carrera, Josué Young, Ricardo Márquez, L. Hurtado, S. Weaver, L. F. Chaves, R. Tesh, Lorenzo Cáceres   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Detection of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Babesia aktasi in a wild bezoar goat (Capra aegagrus): Overlap with domestic goat strains

Medical and Veterinary Entomology, EarlyView.
This study provides the first molecular detection of tick‐borne pathogens in Capra aegagrus. Genetic analysis reveals similarities between Babesia aktasi and Anaplasma phagocytophilum strains in bezoar and domestic goats, indicating potential pathogen exchange.
Aykut Zerek, Tuğba Özdemir, Maide Nur Gündoğdu, İpek Erdem, Ömer Orkun   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Microbiome overview in swine lungs. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2017
Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae is the etiologic agent of swine enzootic pneumonia. However other mycoplasma species and secondary bacteria are found as inhabitants of the swine respiratory tract, which can be also related to disease.
Franciele Maboni Siqueira, Esteban Pérez-Wohlfeil, Fabíola Marques Carvalho, Oswaldo Trelles, Irene Silveira Schrank, Ana Tereza Ribeiro Vasconcelos, Arnaldo Zaha   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source