Viruses are ubiquitous in nature and have various ecological functions. Despite their very
high abundance (up to 10 10 g− 1), viruses in soil remain disregarded with just a few, mostly …

Human‐induced landscape change associated with habitat loss and fragmentation places
wildlife populations at risk. One issue in these landscapes is a change in the prevalence of …

Monkeypox is a viral zoonotic disease on the rise across endemic habitats. Despite the
growing importance of monkeypox virus, our knowledge on its host spectrum and sylvatic …

Commercial hunting and habitat loss are major drivers of the rapid decline of great apes [1].
Ecotourism and research have been widely promoted as a means of providing alternative …

Parasite‐driven declines in wildlife have become increasingly common and can pose
significant risks to natural populations. We used the IUCN Red List of Threatened and …

We isolated a monkeypox virus from a wild-living monkey, a sooty mangabey, found dead in
Taï National Park, Côte d'Ivoire, in March 2012. The whole-genome sequence obtained from …

Plasmodium falciparum, the causative agent of malignant malaria, is among the most severe
human infectious diseases. The closest known relative of P. falciparum is a chimpanzee …

Canine distemper virus (CDV) is a worldwide distributed virus which belongs to the genus
Morbillivirus within the Paramyxoviridae family. CDV spreads through the lymphatic …

Social structure can theoretically regulate disease risk by mediating exposure to pathogens
via social proximity and contact. Investigating the role of central individuals within a network …

We conducted a prospective study of bacterial transmission among humans, nonhuman
primates (primates hereafter), and livestock in western Uganda. Humans living near forest …