Over 77 million dogs and 93 million cats share our households in the United States. Multiple
studies have demonstrated the importance of pets in their owners' physical and mental …

Background Babesiosis is a parasitic vector-borne disease of increasing public health
importance. Since the first human case was reported in 1957, zoonotic species have been …

Nonhuman primate species spend a conspicuous amount of time grooming during social
interactions, a behaviour that probably serves both social and health-related functions …

Rates of urbanization are increasing globally, with consequences for the dynamics of
parasites and their wildlife hosts. A small subset of mammal species have the dietary and …

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 …

Background Surveillance data documenting tick and tick-borne disease (TBD) prevalence is
needed to develop risk assessments and implement control strategies. Despite extensive …

Babesia is a tick-borne intraerythrocytic parasite that is clinically and diagnostically similar to
malaria parasite, conferring risk of misdiagnosis in areas where both parasites are endemic …

The human population in Kenya has doubled over the last 25 years and is expected to rise
twofold by 2050. Thus, pressure for human space has led to encroachment into wildlife …

Hemoparasites can cause serious morbidity in humans and animals and often involve
wildlife reservoirs. Understanding patterns of hemoparasite infections in natural populations …

Background We report the causes of mortality for 4350 captive baboons that died or were
euthanized due to natural causes during a 23 year period at the S outhwest N ational P …