Several arboviruses have emerged in Croatia in recent years. Tick-borne encephalitis is
endemic in continental counties; however, new natural micro-foci have been detected. Two …

Tick-borne pathogens (TBPs) can be divided into three groups: bacteria, parasites, and
viruses. They are transmitted by a wide range of tick species and cause a variety of human …

Croatia is a focus for many rodent-borne zoonosis. Here, we report a survey of 242 rodents
and small mammals, including 43 Myodes glareolus, 131 Apodemus flavicollis, 53 …

Background Rodents are major reservoirs of pathogens responsible for numerous zoonotic
diseases in humans and livestock. Assessing their microbial diversity at both the individual …

Rodents are important reservoirs for a large number of zoonotic pathogens. We examined
the occurrence of 11 viral, bacterial, and parasitic agents in rodent populations in Austria …

In this study, we used a metagenomic approach to analyze bacterial communities from
diverse populations (humans, animals, and vectors) to investigate the role of these …

This review presents an overview of the most important rodent-borne hemorrhagic fever
pathogens directly transmitted from rodents to humans, namely Leptospira and …

Abstract BACKGROUND The Norway rat Rattus norvegicus is an important reservoir of
various zoonotic pathogens, such as cowpox virus and Leptospira, but also for agents of no …

Zoonotic babesiosis caused by Babesia divergens, B. microti and B. venatorum is a vector-
borne protozoan zoonosis of increasing public health importance worldwide. A complex …

Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome is endemic in the Balkans with epidemic outbreaks
and sporadic cases that have been recorded yearly since the disease was first recognized …