Introduction. Climate change projections indicate that droughts will become more intense in
the 21 century in some areas of the world. The El Niño Southern Oscillation is associated …

The neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are the most common conditions affecting the
poorest 500 million people living in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), and together produce a …

African swine fever virus (ASFV) is one of the most threatening infectious diseases of pigs.
There are not sufficient data to indicate the importance of the sylvatic cycle in the spread and …

Ticks are among the most significant blood-sucking arthropods worldwide. They transmit
various pathogens that can cause disease and death in people, domesticated animals, and …

Relapsing fever still remains a neglected disease and little is known on its reservoir, tick
vector and physiopathology in the vertebrate host. The disease occurs in temperate as well …

Rodents are known to be reservoir hosts for at least 60 zoonotic diseases and are known to
play an important role in their transmission and spread in different ways. We sampled …

Tick borne relapsing fever (TBRF) is a zoonosis caused by various Borrelia species
transmitted to humans by both soft-bodied and (more recently recognized) hard-bodied ticks …

Borrelia miyamotoi is a relapsing fever spirochete that has only recently been identified as a
human pathogen. Borrelia miyamotoi is genetically and ecologically distinct from Borrelia …

African swine fever was reported in domestic pigs in 26 African countries during the period
2009–2011. The virus exists in an ancient sylvatic cycle between warthogs (Phacochoerus …

Background Q fever is a worldwide zoonotic disease caused by Coxiella burnetii.
Epidemiologically, animals are considered reservoirs and humans incidental hosts …