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Introduction: Nipah virus is considered a biosafety level-4 pathogen that is endemic to bats of the genus Pteropus. Infection in humans presents clinically as febrile encephalitis with an extremely high case-fatality rate (78.2%). Outbreaks of Nipah virus infection have occurred…

Influenza A virus causes disease across a broad host range including avian and mammalian species. Most influenza viruses are found in wild aquatic birds, are of low consequence and refrain from zoonotic transmission. However, some strains occasionally cross the species barrier, …

There have been increasing reports of Ancylostoma caninum infections that do not clear after multiple treatments in different dog breeds in the United States over the past few years. The cause of the lack of clearance of these infections in the majority of cases was determined t…