Cats and dogs are treated as family members by most pet owners. Therefore, a high quality
of veterinary care and preventive medicine is imperative for animal health and welfare and …

Companion vector-borne diseases (CVBDs) are an important threat for pet life, but may also
have an impact on human health, due to their often zoonotic character. The importance and …

Wild vertebrates are involved in the transmission cycles of numerous pathogens.
Additionally, they can affect the abundance of arthropod vectors. Urbanization, landscape …

Bartonellae are considered to be emerging opportunistic pathogens. The bacteria are
transmitted by blood-sucking arthropods, and their hosts are a wide range of mammals …

Bartonella species are blood-borne, re-emerging organisms, capable of causing prolonged
infection with diverse disease manifestations, from asymptomatic bacteremia to chronic …

This survey investigated the distribution of various intestinal parasites and vector-borne
pathogens in stray and free-roaming cats living in four regions of Greece. A total number of …

Bartonellosis is an infectious disease caused by Bartonella species that are distributed
worldwide with animal and public health impact varying according to Bartonella species …

Among infectious diseases, zoonoses are increasing in importance worldwide, especially in
the Mediterranean region. We report herein some clinical cases from a third-level hospital in …

The aim of this study was to investigate the occurrence and molecular characteristics of
Bartonella infections in small rodents in the Shangdang Basin, China. Small rodents were …

Bartonella henselae can cause various infections in humans, ranging from benign and self-
limiting diseases to severe and life-threatening diseases as well as persistent infections that …