Urbanization, climate change, silent proliferation: an urban scourge is taking hold across the globe. From the sewers of Paris to the streets of New York, from the canals of Ams...
06/26/2025Infections with the rabies virus and related lyssaviruses are generally fatal once the virus reaches the central nervous system and the first symptoms appear. A study tested a t...
10/12/2023Leishmaniasis is a zoonosis considered endemic in the Mediterranean region. The infection is transmitted through the bites of sandflies infected with Leishmania infantum . Altho...
09/21/2023Why do diseases transmitted by bats—which are the natural hosts of several viruses—result in higher mortality rates in humans than zoonoses spread by other animals? To answer th...
09/14/2023Like many vertebrate hosts, particularly in wildlife, the white-tailed deer can be infected with Borrelia burgdorferi . However, this animal is considered an incompetent reservo...
08/29/2023Given the difficulty of studying the development of certain human diseases, research sometimes turns to so-called animal models—ranging from zebrafish to chimpanzees. This raise...
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