Mountain hiking in Tatra National Park

Model of high-mountain hiking trails (via ferrata type) in Tatra national Park – A comparison between Poland and Slovakia in the context of the Alps

YMCA hiking patterns at Rocky Mountain National Park: implications for public health.

BACKGROUND There is little data on hiking patterns in national parks to support hiking behavior as a vehicle to meet the joint YMCA, CDC, and National Park Service initiatives to encourage physical activity through public land use. METHODS The YMCA of the Rockies hiking program provided data from Hike Report forms completed after 343 supervised hikes for one summer season in Rocky Mountain Na...

The important zoonoses in the protected areas of the Tatra National Park (TANAP).

The northern part of Slovakia constitutes an important tourist and recreational area of the country. Protected localities of the Tatra National Park (TANAP) are characterised by specific ecological conditions. The high numbers of animals inhabiting protected areas of the TANAP and their potential encounters with tourists contribute to a risk of transmission of important parasitic zoonoses. The ...

Destruction of the Forest Habitat in the Tatra National Park, Slovakia

Toxoplasma gondii in protected wildlife in the Tatra National Park (TANAP), Slovakia.

Toxoplasma gondii is an obligatory intracellular protozoan parasite that infects a broad spectrum of warm-blooded vertebrate species. As a part of the food chain, farm animals play a significant role in transmission of T. gondii to humans, while rats and mice serve as a main source of infection for free-living animals. The spread of toxoplasmosis in the human population is due to the interchang...