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ECDC has warned that record breaking outbreaks of West Nile virus (WNV) infection and chikungunya virus disease point to a ‘new normal’ in Europe.

The Telegraph joined scientists in Cambodia’s vibrant wet markets and vast bat caves to test revolutionary new disease surveillance tools

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Tell Amazon to stop selling painted woolly bats so their populations can again flourish in the wild — where they belong.

Arthropod-borne viruses have a substantial impact on global health, with climate change and urbanization exacerbating their emergence. Integrating genomic surveillance and phylogenetic models with eco...

Q fever or 'query fever' is a vaccine-preventable zoonosis first described in Australia in 19377. The causative agent8 for this disease is the obligate intracellular coccobacillus Coxiella burnetii. The bacterium has two structural versions called large cell and small cell variants (LCV and SCV) - and two antigenic forms, Phase I and Phase II. The SCV exhibits exceptional environmental resistance, surviving on wool, meat, and milk for periods ranging from one to 40 months after being shed from infected animals.

Releasing pheasants may boost the risk of humans catching Lyme disease, according to new research from universities and the UK Health Security Agency.

Arboviruses transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes have an expanding global distribution and identifying areas at risk is important for public health planning. Here, the authors present global disease maps f...

Researchers solve the mystery of a disease outbreak through long-term surveillance of wildlife in Africa.

In outbreak situations involving a novel pathogen timely and coordinated response is crucial. The WHO Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens recently released a global framework ...