Toxoplasmosis is a zoonotic disease caused by an intracellular obligate coccidian protozoan called Toxoplasma gondii. The parasite infects all warm blooded animals and usually develops in immune-compromised hosts. The risk ...

Globally, opportunistic infections due to environmental Non-tuberculous Mycobacteria are increasingly becoming a public health threat due to the Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome pandemic. ...

East Coast fever (ECF) is an infectious tick-borne disease of cattle, caused by a protozoan parasite Theileria parva. It is a disease of major economic importance in Zambia as it is the main cause of cattle morbidity and ...

Cryptosporidium is an intracellular zoonotic protozoan parasite that causes cryptosporidiosis, a diarrhoeal disease of humans and domestic animals. The parasite has been reported in a variety of domestic animals including ...

Ticks and tick borne diseases (TBDs) are responsible for substantial direct and indirect economic losses in livestock production in the sub-Saharan countries. Conventional acaricide methods for controlling ticks and TBDs ...

Intestinal Schistosomiasis (SCH) and Soil Transmitted Helminithiasis (STH) are among the major public health problems in the world, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. About 2 billion people are affected and that 300 million ...

Bacteria of the genus Salmonella may cause disease in many host species (including humans). Consumption of infected beef products has been linked to zoonotic transmission of diseases in humans. The aim was to quantitatively ...