A woman who recently traveled to Thailand came to a local emergency department with a
fever and papular rash. She was tested for measles, malaria, and dengue. Positive finding for …

There has been an increasing incidence of Lyme disease (LD) in Canada and the United
States corresponding to the expanding range of the Ixodes tick vector and Lyme disease agent …

Zika virus (ZIKV) is an emerging pathogen causally associated with serious sequelae in
fetuses, inducing fetal microcephaly and other neurodevelopment defects. ZIKV is primarily …

A surveillance program has been in place since 2000 to detect the presence of West Nile
virus (WNV) in Canada. Serological assays are most appropriate when monitoring for human …

Several instances of emerging diseases in humans appear to be caused by the spillover of
viruses endemic to bats, either directly or through other animal intermediaries. The objective …

From July to September 2002, an outbreak of West Nile virus (WNV) caused a high number
of deaths in captive owls at the Owl Foundation, Vineland, Ontario, Canada. Peak death …

Climate change is driving emergence and establishment of Ixodes scapularis, the main vector
of Lyme disease in Québec, Canada. As for the black-legged tick, I. scapularis Say, global …

Arboviruses are pathogens that widely affect the health of people in different communities
around the world. Recently, a few successful approaches toward production of effective …

Background It has been suggested that increasing biodiversity, specifically host diversity,
reduces pathogen and parasite transmission amongst wildlife (causing a “dilution effect”), …

Urban Norway and black rats (Rattus norvegicus and Rattus rattus) are reservoirs for variety
of zoonotic pathogens. Many of these pathogens, including Rickettsia typhi, Bartonella spp., …