Researchers from the University of Florida Emerging Pathogens Institute and Texas A&M University recently gathered their resources to investigate the potential of vector-borne transmission of Chagas ...

Public health strategies, from vaccination to improving sanitary conditions, may have different impacts depending on whether a disease is endemic—persisting in a particular location for an extended ...

Biologist Charles Darwin began crafting his theory of evolution on a trip to the Galapagos Islands, where he discovered animals had developed unique traits that varied from island to island. Nearly ...

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a fatal prion disease affecting the central nervous systems of cervids, such as deer, elk, reindeer, sika deer, and moose. Prion diseases are caused by the abnormal ...

Though the researchers are not sure about the causes of the different epidemiological patterns, cats could play a role. In epidemiology, confounding factors influence disease transmission indirectly.