A small proportion of disease surveillance programs target environment compartment, and
in the EU these are restricted to few countries. The present report is composed of two …

Dientamoeba fragilis is a cosmopolitan intestinal protist colonizing the human gut with
varying prevalence depending on the cohort studied and the diagnostic methods used. Its …

We assessed the occurrence, genetic diversity, and zoonotic potential of four protozoan
(Cryptosporidium spp., Entamoeba histolytica, Entamoeba dispar, Giardia duodenalis), one …

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) …

Wildlife trafficking creates favorable scenarios for intra-and inter-specific interactions that
can lead to parasite spread and disease emergence. Among the fauna affected by this …

Intestinal protists in the gut microbiome are increasingly studied, but their basic
epidemiology is not well understood. We explored the prevalence, genetic diversity, and …

The western chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus), a subspecies of the common chimpanzee,
is currently listed as Critically Endangered. Human-driven habitat loss and infectious …

Objective: To detect the prevalence and characterize of Cryptosporidium spp., Giardia (G.)
duodenalis, Enterocytozoon (E.) bieneusi and Blastocystis sp. of animals at a tropical wildlife …

Abstract Balantioides coli (= Balantidium coli), a large ciliated protozoan, is reported in
multiple free‐ranging and captive primate species, often in association with a clinical …

Blastocystis sp. is a unicellular protozoan and one of the most common gastrointestinal
eukaryotic parasites in humans and animals. It is distributed worldwide, but its pathogenic …