Environmental contamination of vegetables and fruits with intestinal protozoan trophozoites,
cysts and oocysts is a means of transmitting parasitic agents of public health importance …

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a group of small noncoding RNA molecules with significant
capacity to regulate the gene expression at the post-transcriptional level in a sequence …

Global exposures to air pollution and cigarette smoke are novel in human evolutionary
history and are associated with at least 12 million premature deaths per year. We investigate …

The study of chimpanzees in Gombe National Park, Tanzania, started by Jane Goodall in
1960, provided pioneering accounts of chimpanzee behavior and ecology. With funding …

Infectious diseases have the potential to extirpate populations of great apes. As the interface
between humans and great apes expands, zoonoses pose an increasingly severe threat to …

Little information is currently available on the occurrence and genetic diversity of pathogenic
and commensal protist species in captive and semi-captive non-human primates (NHP) …

Human disturbance is an ongoing threat to many wildlife species, manifesting as habitat
destruction, resource overuse, or increased disease exposure, among others. With …

Infectious diseases remain the leading cause of death in children in low-and middle-income
countries. Infection with helminths and intestinal protozoa cause considerable morbidity. The …

Diarrheal diseases are important causes of morbidity and mortality, worldwide. The
occurrence of multiple pathogens in stool samples of symptomatic and asymptomatic …

Amebiasis is a worldwide parasitic zoonosis, with symptoms of abdominal discomfort,
indigestion, diarrhea, and even death. However, limited information about the prevalence of …