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The Role of Birds of the Family Corvidae in Transmitting Sarcocystis Protozoan Parasites

open access: yesAnimals, 2021
Members of the family Corvidae are ecologically flexible omnivorous birds, particularly adaptive to urban habitats, and living in proximity to humans; these birds may serve as definitive hosts (DH) for Sarcocystis spp., but research about this is lacking.
Evelina Juozaitytė-Ngugu   +5 more
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The Potential Intermediate Hosts for SARS-CoV-2

open access: yesFrontiers in Microbiology, 2020
The coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has become a global pandemic since the first report in Wuhan. COVID-19 is a zoonotic disease and the natural reservoir of SARS-CoV-2 seems to be
Jie Zhao, Wei Cui, Bao-ping Tian
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The pig as an amplifying host for new and emerging zoonotic viruses

open access: yesOne Health, 2022
Pig production is a rapidly growing segment of the global livestock sector, especially in Asia and Africa. Expansion and intensification of pig production has resulted in significant changes to traditional pig husbandry practices leading to an ...
Rebecca K. McLean, Simon P. Graham
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Plantas de cobertura de solo como hospedeiras alternativas de Colletotrichum guaranicola Cover crops as intermediate hosts to Colletotrichum guaranicola

open access: yesPlanta Daninha, 2006
As plantas de cobertura de solo usadas para suprimir o crescimento de plantas daninhas podem hospedar fungos fitopatogênicos. Para testar essa hipótese, elaborou-se este trabalho com o objetivo de avaliar o comportamento de nove espécies de plantas como ...
L.J. Mileo   +3 more
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Seasonal changes in infection with trematode species utilizing jellyfish as hosts: evidence of transmission to definitive host fish via medusivory

open access: yesParasite, 2016
In the Seto Inland Sea of western Japan, metacercariae of three species of trematodes, Lepotrema clavatum Ozaki, 1932, Cephalolepidapedon saba Yamaguti, 1970, and Opechona olssoni (Yamaguti, 1934), were found in the mesoglea of the jellyfish Aurelia ...
Kondo Yusuke   +7 more
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Wild Rodents as Experimental Intermediate Hosts of Lagochilascaris minor Leiper, 1909

open access: yesMemorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1999
A total of 25 specimens of Cavia porcellus (guinea pig), 5 Dasyprocta agouti (agouti), and 22 Calomys callosus (vesper mice) were inoculated with infective eggs of Lagochilascaris minor.
Julieta Machado Paçô   +2 more
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Replicative Capacity of MERS Coronavirus in Livestock Cell Lines

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2014
Replicative capacity of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) was assessed in cell lines derived from livestock and peridomestic small mammals on the Arabian Peninsula.
Isabella Eckerle   +5 more
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Hymenolepis diminuta infection in a young boy from rural part of Northern India

open access: yesJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2016
Hymenolepis diminuta (H. diminuta) is primarily a parasite of rats and mice. Humans are infected by eating meal contaminated with these arthropods. This infection is not seen commonly in Indian population.
Pratibha Mane, Jyoti Sangwan
doaj   +1 more source

Coronavirus disease 2019 and its potential animal reservoirs: A review [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of One Health, 2021
In the 21st century, the world has been plagued by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), a virus of the family Coronaviridae epidemiologically suspected to be linked to a wet market in
Md. Sirazul Islam   +6 more
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Morphology, biology and taxonomy of Dendritobilharzia loossi Skrjabin, 1924 (Trematoda: Bilharziellidae), a parasite of Pelecanus onocrotalus (Pelecanidae) and Anas plathyrinchos (Anatidae)

open access: yesParasite, 2011
Life cycles of Dendritobilharzia loossi Skrjabin, 1924, a parasite of waterbirds, and its morphobiological traits are studied and described. Mollusks Anisus spirorbis, the infection rate of which in natural environments reaches 1.3-1.9%, were recorded as
Akramova F.D.   +2 more
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