Despite being nearly 10 months into the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic,
the definitive animal host for SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus …

Bats are natural reservoir hosts and sources of infection of several microorganisms, many of
which cause severe human diseases. Because of contact between bats and other animals …

Background Leptospirosis is an important but neglected bacterial zoonosis that has been
largely overlooked in Africa. In this systematic review, we aimed to summarise and compare …

Bats have received considerable recent attention for infectious disease research because of
their potential to host and transmit viruses, including Ebola, Hendra, Nipah, and multiple …

Zoonoses present a major public health threat and are estimated to account for a substantial
part of the infectious disease burden in low-income countries. The severity of zoonotic …

A growing number of recent studies have highlighted bats as a reservoir for Leptospira
bacteria, pointing out the potential role of bats in the epidemiology of the most widespread …

Background Although leptospirosis is a zoonosis of major concern on tropical islands, the
molecular epidemiology of the disease aiming at linking human cases to specific animal …

The Nycteribiidae are obligate blood-sucking Diptera (Hippoboscoidea) flies that parasitize
bats. Depending on species, these wingless flies exhibit either high specialism or …

Biodiversity hotspots and associated endemism are ideal systems for the study of parasite
diversity within host communities. Here, we investigated the ecological and evolutionary …

Bats are reservoirs for several zoonotic pathogens of medical importance; however, infection
dynamics of pathogens in wild bat populations remain poorly understood. Here, we examine …