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Diversity and Antibiotic Resistance of E. coli and Vibrio from Coastal Waters Across the Globe
The current estimates indicate that 40% of the world’s population is living in the coastal regions. Enormous quantities of untreated sewage from...
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Malaria and Climate Change
Climate change is a global phenomenon which has affected virtually everything biotic and abiotic on earth. In context with public health the...
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Diversity and Antibiotic Resistance of E. coli and Vibrio from Coastal Waters Across the Globe
The current estimates indicate that 40% of the world’s population is living in the coastal regions. Enormous quantities of untreated sewage from...
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Genetic profiles of Schistosoma haematobium parasites from Malian transmission hotspot areas
BackgroundAlthough schistosomiasis is a public health issue in Mali, little is known about the parasite genetic profile. The purpose of this study...
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Projecting the Impacts of a Changing Climate: Tropical Cyclones and Flooding
Purpose of ReviewThere is clear evidence that the earth’s climate is changing, largely from anthropogenic causes. Flooding and tropical cyclones have...
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Trends in black fly density, parity and infection rates from riverside to villages of the Bafia Health District in Cameroon: implication for onchocerciasis vector control
BackgroundReducing contact between humans and black flies can lead to interruption of onchocerciasis transmission. The Esperanza Window Trap (EWT)...
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Onchocerciasis in the Ntui Health District of Cameroon: epidemiological, entomological and parasitological findings in relation to elimination prospects
BackgroundDespite decades of community-directed treatment with ivermectin (CDTI), onchocerciasis transmission persists in Cameroon and has been...
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Epidemiology and genoty** of Anaplasma marginale and co-infection with piroplasms and other Anaplasmataceae in cattle and buffaloes from Egypt
BackgroundAnaplasma marginale is an obligate intracellular bacterium and the main cause of bovine anaplasmosis in tropical and subtropical regions....
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Glanders and Melioidosis: A Zoonosis and a Sapronosis
GlandersGlanders, caused by infection with Burkholderia mallei, primarily causes infection in equinesEquines, but may be transmitted to humans, and...
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Enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC): Environmental-Vehicle-Human Interface
Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) are a pathogenic subgroup of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) that can cause severe intestinal disease...
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Dose–response relationship of pulmonary disorders by inhalation exposure to cross-linked water-soluble acrylic acid polymers in F344 rats
BackgroundIn Japan, six workers handling cross-linked water-soluble acrylic acid polymer (CWAAP) at a chemical plant suffered from lung diseases,...
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Diclidophora luscae (Monogenea: Diclidophoridae) in pouting, Trisopterus luscus (Linnaeus, 1758) from the northeast Atlantic; epidemiology, morphology, molecular and phylogenetic analysis
Diclidophora (Monogenea) species are gill parasites with a stenoxenic specificity occurring only in Gadiformes. Epidemiological, morphological,...
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Leishmaniasis in Europe and Central Asia: Epidemiology, Impact of Habitat and Lifestyle Changes, HIV Coinfection
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) and cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) are endemic to the European region. Mainly the Mediterranean basin, southern Caucasus,...
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Community-level epidemiology of intestinal helminth infections and anemia in Harbu Town, northeastern Ethiopia
Anemia and intestinal helminth infections are overlap** health problems in develo** countries. This study examined the determinants of intestinal...
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The History of the Emergence of La Crosse Encephalitis Virus in the Driftless Area of the United States – A Mosquito Runs Through It!
In 1964, a new virus was isolated from the brain of a child from the Driftless Area of the Upper Midwest of the United States who had died of...
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Leptospirosis in Malaysia: current status, insights, and future prospects
Among zoonotic infections, leptospirosis has a worldwide distribution and high prevalence in tropical regions. It has a broad clinical presentation...
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CrAss-Like Phages: From Discovery in Human Fecal Metagenome to Application as a Microbial Source Tracking Marker
CrAss-like phages are a diverse group of bacteriophages genetically similar to the prototypical crAssphage (p-crAssphage), which was discovered in...
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Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis
The human burden of soil-transmitted helminthiasis is highest in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) than in other parts of the world. The major parasites that...
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Role and Pathophysiology of Protozoan Parasites Causing Liver Diseases
Protozoans are responsible for numerous chronic and severe human diseases worldwide. These are transmitted through food and water along with blood...
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A broad wastewater screening and clinical data surveillance for virus-related diseases in the metropolitan Detroit area in Michigan
BackgroundPeriodic bioinformatics-based screening of wastewater for assessing the diversity of potential human viral pathogens circulating in a given...
