The lowland tapir (Tapirus terrestris) is the largest land mammal in Brazil and classified as a
vulnerable species, according to the assessment of the risk of extinction. The present study …

A fundamental aspect of symbiotic relationships is host specificity, ranging from extreme
specialists associated with only a single host species to generalists associated with many …

Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis is an important Leishmania species circulating in several
Central and South American countries. Among Leishmania species circulating in Brazil …

Host-parasite coevolution is one of the fundamentals of evolutionary biology. Due to the
intertwined evolutionary history of two interacting species and reciprocal coadaptation …

Several species of trypanosomes can infect bats (Chiroptera), but current information about
bat trypanosomes in Colombia is scarce. The objectives of this study were to estimate the …

Background Although the processes of co-evolution between parasites and their hosts are
well known, evidence of co-speciation remains scarce. Microsporidian intracellular …

Albendazole/ivermectin combination therapy is a promising alternative to benzimidazole
monotherapy alone for Trichuris trichiura control. We used fecal DNA metabarcoding to …

Studying population structure has made an essential contribution to understanding
evolutionary processes and demographic history in forest ecology research. This inference …

Tapirs can be affected by diseases described in other perissodactyls and in domestic
species such as horses and pigs. Several pathogens reported in tapirs are considered …

Albendazole-ivermectin combination therapy is a promising alternative to benzimidazole
monotherapy for Trichuris trichiura control. We used fecal DNA metabarcoding to genetically …