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Study Establishes Importance of Tracking Diseases Associated with Illegal Wildlife Trade

A collaborative project led by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Wildlife Conservation Society, EcoHealth Alliance, and others is monitoring illegally imported wildlife products for viruses and other at several U.S. international airports. Recent ...More

5 weeks ago

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UCLA Scientists Find H1N1 Flu Virus Prevalent in Animals in Africa

UCLA life scientists and their colleagues have discovered the first evidence of the H1N1 virus in animals in Africa. In one village in northern Cameroon, a staggering 89 percent of the pigs studied had been exposed to the H1N1 virus, commonly known as the swine flu. "I was ...More

September 23, 2011

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Discovery of Canine Hepatitis C Virus Opens Up New Doors for Research on Human Pathogen

In a study to be published online this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers report the discovery of a novel hepatitis C-like virus in dogs. The identification and characterization of this virus gives scientists new insights into how ...More

May 23, 2011

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Compendium of Measures to Prevent Animal-Associated Disease is Released

The report, "Compendium of Measures to Prevent Disease Associated with Animals in Public Settings," prepared by the National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians, Inc. (NASPHV), has been released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The ...More

May 12, 2011

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Precipitation, Predators May be Key in Ecological Regulation of Infectious Disease

A little information can go a surprisingly long way when it comes to understanding rodent-borne infectious disease, as shown by a new study led by John Orrock from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. ...More

April 14, 2011

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Human Virus Linked to Deaths of Endangered Gorillas

For the first time, a virus that causes respiratory disease in humans has been linked to the deaths of wild mountain gorillas, reports a team of researchers in the United States and Africa. The finding confirms that serious diseases can pass from people to these endangered ...More

March 28, 2011

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Economic Downturn Results in Tickborne Disease Surge

The emergence of zoonoses is due both to changes in human activities and to changes in their natural wildlife cycles. One of the most significant vectorborne zoonoses in Europe, tickborne encephalitis (TBE), doubled in incidence in 1993, largely as a consequence of the ...More

March 15, 2011

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H1N1 Flu Confirmed in Wisconsin Cat

Laboratory tests today confirmed that a 6-year-old cat in Wisconsin contracted the H1N1 influenza virus, the first confirmed case of H1N1 in a U.S. pet since January 2010. A second cat in the household tested negative after it also developed severe respiratory disease, ...More

February 15, 2011

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Researchers Explore Potential Risk of Zoonotic Disease from Sharing a Bed With Pets

In a perspective piece in the February issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Bruno B. Chomel, of the University of California, Davis, and Ben Sun, of the California Department of Public Health, caution about the potential health risks associated with allowing pets to sleep ...More

January 31, 2011

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Researchers Warn of Tularemia in Texas Feral Hogs

After finding evidence in feral hogs of the bacteria that causes tularemia, researchers at The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH) at Texas Tech University are warning hunters and ranchers to use caution when handling wild game. Steve Presley, a zoonotic ...More

January 25, 2011

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