Toxoplasma gondii infections are common in humans and animals worldwide. The ingestion
of food or water contaminated with oocysts excreted by infected cats or ingestion of …

Toxoplasma gondii infecting virtually all warm-blooded animals, including humans, is an
intracellular protozoan parasite. The immunocompromised patients or pregnant women …

To assess the role of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus, WTD) in the epidemiology of
toxoplasmosis, we conducted a national survey of WTD across the USA for Toxoplasma …

Simple Summary Recently, the risk of tick-borne diseases (TBD) has drawn increasing
attention from a public health perspective. Information about where ticks are distributed is …

Since the discovery of Rift Valley Fever virus (RVFV) in Kenya in 1930, the virus has become
widespread throughout most of Africa and is characterized by sporadic outbreaks. A …

Conservation of large mammals inhabiting steep and rugged terrain in high elevations
presents unique challenges for collection of demographic and ecological information to …

Live capture of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)(Zimmermann, 1780) is often
necessary for research, population control, disease monitoring, and parasite surveillance …

Background: Tick distributions have changed rapidly with changes in human activity, land-
use patterns, climate, and wildlife distributions over the last few decades. Methods: To …

Abstract Regions of the United States continue to experience an increase in zoonotic
diseases. White-tailed deer support tick populations and implicated the emergence of …