Variation among animals in their host-associated microbial communities is increasingly
recognized as a key determinant of important life history traits including growth, metabolism …

The detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) RNA in
wastewater can be used as an indicator of the presence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in specific …

Ophidiomycosis is an emerging infectious disease affecting wild snakes in the Northern
Hemisphere. Recently confirmed in Great Britain, the prevalence, severity and significance …

Coping with anthropogenic environmental change is among the greatest challenges faced
by wildlife, and endocrine flexibility is a potentially crucial coping mechanism. Animals may …

The early detection and identification of pathogenic microorganisms is essential in order to
deploy appropriate mitigation measures. Viruses in the Iridoviridae family, such as those in …

The global trend of increasing environmental temperatures is often predicted to result in
more severe disease epidemics. However, unambiguous evidence that temperature is a …

The iron flocculation method, which comprises the Fe-virus flocculate formation-filtration-
resuspension steps, is extensively used to concentrate and precipitate viruses distributed in …

Sudden disease outbreaks may not necessarily reflect a recent pathogen introduction but
may instead arise from the disruption of a host-pathogen equilibrium. Together with invasive …

Amphibians are the most highly threatened vertebrates, and emerging pathogens are a
serious threat to their conservation. Amphibian chytrid fungi and the viruses of the Ranavirus …

Because host species tend to harbor multiple parasitic species, coinfection in a host is
common. The chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) and the viruses in the …