… Yumi Une, Azabu University, unpublished) showed that the ITS sequence region of B.
dendrobatidis in these samples was shorter than those registered in the DNA Data Bank of Japan. …

… La tuberculose, parmi de nombreuses zoonoses, est une maladie importante, parce que ses
… tuberculosis, mais nous présentons ici le cas d’une infection transmise par un homme à un …

The members of the genus Borrelia are transmitted by arthropods and known to be infectious
to vertebrates. Here we found isolates and DNAs belonging to the Borrelia turcica and …

AA amyloidosis is one of the principal causes of morbidity and mortality in captive cheetahs (Acinonyx
jubatus), which are in danger of extinction, but little is known about the underlying …

Introduction Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most dominant neurodegenerative disorder that
causes dementia, and no effective treatments are available. To study its pathogenesis and …

One of the major routes of transmission of rickettsial and ehrlichial diseases is via ticks that
infest numerous host species, including humans. Besides mammals, reptiles and amphibians …

Two captive cheetahs from a zoo in Japan died of a severe fever with thrombocytopenia
syndrome–like illness. Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus, an endemic …

To the Editor: Ranaviruses (family Iridoviridae) are emerging pathogens of farmed and wild
amphibians and cause high mortality rates in these animals (1). These viruses are …

Canine distemper virus (CDV), a morbillivirus that causes one of the most contagious and
lethal viral diseases known in canids, has an expanding host range, including wild animals. …

Canine parvovirus type 2 (CPV) is a pathogen that causes severe hemorrhagic gastroenteritis
with a high fatality rate in pups worldwide. Since CPV emerged in the late 1970s, its origin …