Plague remains a threat to public health and is considered as a re-emerging infectious
disease today. Rodents play an important role as major hosts in plague persistence and …

Malaria is a disease that infects over 500 million people, causing at least 1 million deaths
every year, with the majority occurring in developing countries. The current antimalarial …

Plague, caused by Yersinia pestis infection, continues to threaten low-and middle-income
countries throughout the world. The complex interactions between rodents and fleas with …

Identifying key reservoirs for zoonoses is crucial for understanding variation in incidence.
Plague re-emerged in Mahajanga, Madagascar in the 1990s but there has been no …

Plasmodium-induced malaria widely infects primates and other mammals. Multiple past
studies have revealed that positive selection could be the main evolutionary force triggering …

Alfani (1) provides important reflections on our recent work, which argues against long-term
wildlife-based plague reservoirs in historical Europe (2). Without natural reservoirs in …

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After several pandemics over the last two millennia, the wildlife reservoirs of plague
(Yersinia pestis) now persist around the world, including in the western United States …

Survival during an epidemic is partly determined by host genetics. While quantitative genetic
studies typically consider survival as an indicator for disease resistance (an individual's …

Yersinia pestis was introduced to North America around 1900 and leads to nearly 100%
mortality in prairie dog (Cynomys spp.) colonies during epizootic events, which suggests this …