Zoonotic spillover, which is the transmission of a pathogen from a vertebrate animal to a
human, presents a global public health burden but is a poorly understood phenomenon …

Protists include all eukaryotes except plants, fungi and animals. They are an essential, yet
often forgotten, component of the soil microbiome. Method developments have now …

Toxoplasma gondii is a zoonotic protozoan parasite that can cause morbidity and mortality
in humans, domestic animals, and terrestrial and aquatic wildlife. The environmentally …

Maintaining the high standard set by the previous bestselling editions, Fundamental Food
Microbiology, Fourth Edition presents the most up-to-date information in this rapidly growing …

Over 77 million dogs and 93 million cats share our households in the United States. Multiple
studies have demonstrated the importance of pets in their owners' physical and mental …

Zoonotic diseases are major causes of infection related morbidity and mortality worldwide.
Of the various arthropods capable of transmitting pathogens that cause such diseases to …

Background Felids (domestic and wild cats) are important in the epidemiology of the
parasite Toxoplasma gondii because they are the only hosts that can excrete the …

Toxoplasmosis is a widely distributed zoonotic infection caused by the obligate intracellular
apicomplexan parasite Toxoplasma gondii. It is mainly transmitted through the ingestion of …

Background One of the major consequences of pregnant women becoming infected by
Toxoplasma gondii is vertical transmission to the fetus. Although rare, congenital …

Some of the most important zoonotic infectious diseases are associated with parasites
transmitted from companion animals to man. This review describes the main parasitic …