Announcing a new article publication for Zoonoses journal. A multi-country cholera outbreak has occurred in several developing countries in Africa, Asia and Oceania since mid-2021. The current multi-country cholera outbreak has spread primarily in Africa. As of February 2023, cholera cases have been reported in approximately 25 countries, 15 (60%) of which are in sub-Saharan […]
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Novel Clinical and Genomic Signatures of the 2022 Monkeypox Virus
Announcing a new article publication for Zoonoses journal. The monkeypox outbreaks started in 2022 and became an unexpected public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC). The factors that drove this neglected zoonosis in Africa into a global focus are largely unknown. Combined clinical, epidemiologic, and phylogenomic analyses indicate that substantial genome mutations, deletions, and rearrangement […]
Zoonotic Transmission and Host Switches of Malaria Parasites
Announcing a new article publication for Zoonoses journal. Xin-zhuan Su and Jian Wu from National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA review zoonotic transmission and host switches of malaria parasites. Malaria is a deadly disease that affects the health of hundreds of millions of people annually. Five Plasmodium […]