Urbanization is intensifying worldwide, with two-thirds of the human population expected to
reside in cities within 30 years. The role of cities in human infectious disease is well …

Cats are popular as pets worldwide because they are easy to care for and provide
companionship that enriches the lives of human beings. Little attention has been focused on …

Found worldwide from Alaska to Australasia, Toxoplasma gondii knows no geographic
boundaries. The protozoan is the source of one of the most common parasitic infections in …

Medium sized opossums (Didelphis spp.) are among the most fascinating mammals of the
Americas, playing important ecological roles (eg, dispersal of seeds and control of insect …

Parvovirus is the most common viral cause of diarrhea in young puppies. Based on the
analysis of a partial VP2 sequence of 54 samples, canine parvovirus type 2c (CPV-2c)(n …

As humans have come to dominate the earth, the ideal of studying and teaching ecology in
pristine ecosystems has become impossible to achieve. Our planet is now a mosaic of …

Free-roaming domestic dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) pose major conservation and public
health risks worldwide. To better understand the threat of domestic dogs to wildlife and …

Conservation of natural ecosystems embedded in urban contexts is a big challenge
because diverse anthropogenic factors continuously impact native biodiversity and …

Toxoplasmosis is a parasitic disease widely distributed throughout the world, infecting a
wide variety of animal species including humans. In Mexico, this parasite has been detected …

The rabies cases in dogs and wild canids in Northeastern Brazil are a public and animal
health problem. This paper describes the identities of the coding region of the N-gene of …