Most infectious diseases in animals are not distributed randomly. Instead, diseases in
livestock and wildlife are predictable in terms of the geography, time, and species affected …

Prions are misfolded infectious proteins responsible for a group of fatal neurodegenerative
diseases termed transmissible spongiform encephalopathy or prion diseases. Chronic …

Desmodus rotundus, vampire bats, transmit dangerous infections, and brucellosis is a
hazardous zoonotic disease, two adversities that coexist in the subtropical and tropical …

Rabies is an acute, progressive encephalitis caused by a lyssavirus, with the highest case
fatality of any conventional infectious disease. More than 17 different lyssaviruses have …

Abstract In Latin America, rabies virus has persisted in a cycle between Desmodus rotundus
vampire bats and cattle, potentially enhanced by deforestation. We modeled bovine rabies …

Background Bats are an important ecological group within ecosystems. The rabies virus is a
Lyssavirus, and haematophagous bats are the principal reservoir; however, the virus has …

Background Rabies is a major zoonotic disease affecting humans, domestic and wildlife
mammals. Cattle are the most important domestic animals impacted by rabies virus in the …

Epidemiological surveillance systems for pathogens in wild species have been proposed as
a preventive measure for epidemic events. These systems can minimize the detrimental …

Human rabies has been described by various cultures in many countries around the world.
Gabriel García Márquez's novel Of love and other demons recounts the story of a girl who, in …

Variation in disease incidence in wildlife is often assumed to reflect environmental or
demographic changes acting on an endemic pathogen. However, apparent endemicity …