Recent pandemic events have raised the attention of the public on the interactions between
human and environment, with particular regard to the more and more feasible transmission …

Infections with the parasitic protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi cause Chagas disease, which
results in serious cardiac and/or digestive pathology in 30%–40% of individuals. However …

Bats carry many zoonotic pathogens without showing pronounced pathology, with a few
exceptions. The underlying immune tolerance mechanisms in bats remain poorly …

Anthropogenic land-use change alters wildlife habitats and modifies species composition,
diversity, and contacts among wildlife, livestock, and humans. Such human-modified …

Trypanosoma cruzi is a protozoan parasite responsible for Chagas disease affecting seven
million people. The disease cycle is maintained between Triatominae insects and Mammalia …

The protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease, is transmitted by
infected feces or consumption of blood-sucking triatomine insects to several mammalian …

In this review, we tentatively tried to connect the most recent findings on the bat microbiome
and to investigate on their microbial communities, that may vary even in conspecific hosts …

The Latin American and Caribbean regions harbor rich biological diversity, where
approximately 60% of terrestrial life on the planet is found (Unep 2016). As in many other …

The Mexican free-tailed bat (Tadarida brasiliensis) is one of the most abundant mammals in
North America. Mexican free-tailed bats have a wide geographic range stretching from …

The vast majority of trypanosome species is vector-borne parasites, with some of them being
medically and veterinary important (such as Trypanosoma cruzi and Trypanosoma brucei) …