Social network analysis has recently emerged as a popular tool for understanding disease
transmission in host populations. Although social networks have most extensively been …

The present review summarized the factors or determinants that may explain parasite
diversity among host species and the consequences of this parasite diversity on the …

Rodents are known to be reservoir hosts for at least 60 zoonotic diseases and are known to
play an important role in their transmission and spread in different ways. We sampled …

Abstract The northeastern United States (US) is a hotspot for tick-borne diseases. Adding to
an already complex vector landscape, in 2017 large populations of the invasive …

Identifying the factors that influence the species diversity and distribution of ticks (Acari:
Ixodida) across vertebrate host taxa is of fundamental ecological and medical importance …

Ectoparasite load in small mammals can be influenced by both environmental conditions
and host species characteristics. However, the nature of these influences is poorly …

Background Fleas frequently infest small mammals and play important vectoring roles in the
epidemiology of (re) emerging zoonotic disease. Rodent outbreaks in intensified agro …

Rodents are known hosts for various ectoparasite taxa such as fleas, lice, ticks and mites.
South Africa is recognized for its animal diversity, yet little is published about the parasite …

Heterogeneous aggregation of parasites between individual hosts is common and regarded
as an important factor in understanding transmission dynamics of vector-borne diseases …

Recognizing patterns of parasite distribution among wildlife hosts is of major importance due
to growing risk of transmission of zoonotic diseases to humans. Thus, sex-dependent …