Plague is enzootic in wildlife populations of small mammals in central and eastern Asia,
Africa, South and North America, and has been recognized recently as a reemerging threat to …

The flea-borne rickettsioses murine typhus (Rickettsia typhi) and flea-borne spotted fever (FBSF)
(Rickettsia felis) are febrile diseases distributed among humans worldwide. Murine …

Domestic fleas were collected in 12 villages in the western Usambara Mountains in Tanzania.
Of these, 7 are considered villages with high plague frequency, where human plague was …

<p>Little is known about the presence/absence and prevalence of <italic>Rickettsia</italic>
spp, <italic>Bartonella</italic> spp. and <italic>Yersinia pestis</italic> in domestic and …

This living paper has been updated on a weekly basis until mid-September. Due to the
huge amount of information published by that time, it had become more and more difficult to …

Knowledge on the population history of endangered species is critical for conservation, but
whole-genome data on chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) is geographically sparse. Here, we …

Background Nodding syndrome (NS) is an epilepsy disorder occurring in children in South
Sudan, northern Uganda and Tanzania. The etiology of NS is unknown, but epidemiological …

The distribution of parasites among individual hosts is characterised by high variability that
is believed to be a result of variations in host traits. To find general patterns of host traits …

Background An increased prevalence of epilepsy has been reported in many onchocerciasis
endemic areas. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of epilepsy in …

Background A high prevalence of epilepsy has been observed in many onchocerciasis
endemic regions. This study is to estimate the prevalence of active epilepsy and exposure to …