Man and dog – a relationship that is nearly as old as time itself. Protector of our homes, pulling our sleds, finding missing people in rubble after an earthquake, dogs have been invaluable to the...
Millions of people across the globe, including in our own backyard, are living with a viral hepatitis infection and may not even know it. Experts at Baylor College of Medicine say awareness and diagnosis...
Dirofilaria repens is a filarial nematode that affects dogs and other carnivores. As with other filaria species, mosquitoes transmit infectious microfilariae.
Humans may become infected as aberrant...
Nipah virus (NiV) is an emerging and serious viral zoonotic disease that carries with it a high case fatality rate (in the ballpark of 70% or more).
NiV is an enveloped RNA virus and along with Hendra...
By Ian M. Mackay, PhD
What is HTLV-1?
HTLV-1 is a human delta retrovirus assigned to the genusDeltaretrovirus, species Primate T-lymphotropic virus 1 [5]. It was first described in 1980.[10]
Soon thereafter...
Every now and then I come across a article published on the “professional” social media platform, LinkedIn, that seems like a good fit for this website.
So I’ll contact the author for...
