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Hendra virus is an emerging zoonotic pathogen of high importance in Australia, due to a growing number of infections in horses and people and an increased spread of fruit bats potentially carrying the disease around the country

Cysticercosis is the most important neurological disease of parasitic origin in humans. It is a zoonotic neglected tropical disease of major significance to global health. It is endemic in parts of South America, Central America, China, India, South-East...

Lassa fever has become a top-priority disease for the World Health Organisation (WHO). It is a life threatening zoonotic disease and public health burden endemic to Western Africa, first discovered in 1969. It is estimated there are 1-2 million cases...

The bushmeat trade has long been recognised as a threat to wildlife populations around the world. Its impacts are now becoming obvious in African savannahs. A growth in the African human population has lead to increased demand for bushmeat, from both...

In August 1999, several reports of New Yorkers finding dead birds coincided with Veterinarians treating crows with an undiagnosed neurological disease. While awaiting analysis on necropsy of some of the crows, six exotic birds died at the zoo. At the...

The first known Ebola outbreak occurred in 1976 in Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, causing 318 cases and 280 deaths. The disease is zoonotic, causing acute hemorrhagic fever, with evidence suggesting fruit bats are the main reservoir....

The bubonic plague or ‘the black death’ was an ancient pandemic that killed more than 25 million people during the 14th century. The zoonotic disease was caused by a bacterial agent Yersinia pestis, which is believed to have been carried through Europe...