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Environmental and ecological factors affecting tick infestation in wild birds of the Americas
The Americas hold the greatest bird diversity worldwide. Likewise, ectoparasite diversity is remarkable, including ticks of the Argasidae and...
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Canine leishmaniasis in the Americas: etiology, distribution, and clinical and zoonotic importance
Canine leishmaniasis is a widespread disease on the American continent, with cases reported from Uruguay to the USA and Canada. While numerous Leishmania...
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Hepatozoon (Eucoccidiorida: Hepatozoidae) in wild mammals of the Americas: a systematic review
BackgroundThe study of parasites provides insight into intricate ecological relationships in ecosystem dynamics, food web structures, and evolution...
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The Diversity, Evolution and Emergence of Rabies Virus in the Americas
The Americas represent a unique geographic region where rabies virus variants derive from a variety of species, comprising both bats and carnivores,...
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Evolutionary history of Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium simium in the Americas
Malaria is a vector-borne disease caused by protozoan parasites of the genus Plasmodium . Plasmodium vivax is the most prevalent human-infecting...
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The Ecological Range and Principles of Wildlife Rabies Virus Perpetuation in the Americas
Rabies virus is one of the most ancient and lethal zoonoses and has circulated for centuries in the Americas. Rabies virus infections in humans and...
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Human Babesia odocoilei and Bartonella spp. co-infections in the Americas
BackgroundIn recent years, Babesia and Bartonella species co-infections in patients with chronic, nonspecific illnesses have continued to challenge...
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Towards the Elimination of Canine Rabies in the Americas: Governance of a Regional Program
After decades of fighting against rabies, most of the countries of the Americas have eliminated the circulation of rabies virus in canine...
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The Health Economics of Rabies in the Americas: An Historical Summary and a Synthesis of the Literature
Rabies is a unique zoonosis from a health economics perspective. This chapter describes the health economic impacts of the disease in the Americas,...
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Historical Laboratory Contributions Supporting Rabies Diagnosis and Disease Prevention and Control in the Americas
Rabies was one of the first documented diseases in history. However, rapid, sensitive and specific methods of detection of the viral etiological...
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The Social and Environmental Determinants of the Leishmaniases in the Americas
The leishmaniases are vector-borne diseases caused by protozoan parasites of the genus Leishmania and transmitted by the bite of female phlebotomine...
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History of Rabies in the Americas: From the Pre-Columbian to the Present, Volume II Historical Introductions and Disease Status To Date
Rabies is one of the oldest known pathogens, is incurable, and has the highest fatality rate of all infectious diseases. The Americas is the only...
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History of Rabies in the Americas: From the Pre-Columbian to the Present, Volume I Insights to Specific Cross-Cutting Aspects of the Disease in the Americas
Rabies is one of the oldest known pathogens, is incurable, and has the highest fatality rate of all infectious diseases. The Americas is the only...
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Didelphis spp. opossums and their parasites in the Americas: A One Health perspective
Medium sized opossums ( Didelphis spp.) are among the most fascinating mammals of the Americas, playing important ecological roles (e.g., dispersal of...
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Abdominal angiostrongyliasis in the Americas: fifty years since the discovery of a new metastrongylid species, Angiostrongylus costaricensis
Angiostrongylus costaricensis is a zoonotic parasitic nematode described for the first time in 1971 by Pedro Morera and Rodolfo Céspedes in Costa...
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Population impact of pharmacogenetic tests in admixed populations across the Americas
The current population of the Americas (~1 billion people) is highly heterogeneous as a result of five centuries of admixture between three major...
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Complete genome sequence of a novel secovirid infecting cassava in the Americas
We report the complete genome sequence of a field isolate of a novel bipartite secovirid infecting cassava in Colombia, provisionally named "cassava...
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Updated distribution maps of predominant Culex mosquitoes across the Americas
BackgroundEstimates of the geographical distribution of Culex mosquitoes in the Americas have been limited to state and provincial levels in the...
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