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 |
temple monkeys and health implications of commensalism, kathmandu, nepal. | the threat of zoonotic transmission of infectious agents at monkey temples highlights the necessity of investigating the prevalence of enzootic infectious agents in these primate populations. biological samples were collected from 39 rhesus macaques at the swoyambhu temple and tested by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, western blot, polymerase chain reaction, or combination of these tests for evidence of infection with rhesus cytomegalovirus (rhcmv), cercopithecine herpesvirus 1 (chv-1), simia ... | 2006 | 16707044 |