Abstract Background The study of parasites provides insight into intricate ecological
relationships in ecosystem dynamics, food web structures, and evolution on multiple scales …

Cervids are important hosts for ticks and although they are refractory to some tick‐borne
agents such as Borrelia, they do act as reservoirs for others such as Babesia. Babesia and …

Gastrointestinal parasites are well-documented in small mammals from north-central Chile,
but little is known about endoparasites of rodents in southern Chile. A survey was conducted …

Tick-borne infectious agents (TBIAs) include several bacteria and protozoa that can infect
vertebrates, including humans. Some of these agents can cause important diseases from …

Babesia spp. are tick-borne protozoans that involve birds and mammals in their transmission
cycles and cause babesiosis, a severe hemolytic malaria-like disease. Opossums of the …

Simple Summary Sarcocystidae is a family of protozoa whose life cycles usually include two
hosts: an intermediate or paratenic host, where protozoa form tissular cysts, and a definitive …

Wild rodents often harbor Cryptosporidium species that can be transmitted to multiple
mammal hosts. In Chile, little is known about Cryptosporidium in wild rodents, and available …

Pakistan is home to a rich rodent fauna, yet no investigations have been conducted on the
presence of Haemogregarines in these animals, leaving their epidemiology and genetic …

Babesia species (Piroplasmida) are hemoparasites that infect erythrocytes of mammals and
birds and are mainly transmitted by hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae). These hemoparasites are …

Trypanosomes are a group of pathogens distributed in the continents of Africa, America,
Asia and Europe, and they affect all vertebrates including the neotropical primate group …