| global mammal parasite database version 2.0. | illuminating the ecological and evolutionary dynamics of parasites is one of the most pressing issues facing modern science, and is critical for basic science, the global economy, and human health. extremely important to this effort are data on the disease-causing organisms of wild animal hosts (including viruses, bacteria, protozoa, helminths, arthropods, and fungi). here we present an updated version of the global mammal parasite database, a database of the parasites of wild ungulates (artioda ... | 2017 | 28273333 |
| serologic evidence of natural togavirus infections in panamanian sloths and other vertebrates. | plasmas of sloths and other central panamanian wild vertebrates were tested for plaque-reduction neutralizing (prn) antibodies against four flaviviruses and one alpha-virus. forty percent of 97 two-toed sloths, choloepus hoffmanni, and 8% of 168 three-toed sloths, bradypus variegatus, were specifically positive against st. louis encephalitis (sle) virus. the prevalence of antibody against sle virus was considerably higher in sloths than in any other group of wild vertebrates tested, including bi ... | 1983 | 6309027 |