BACKGROUND Leptospirosis is a worldwide zoonotic bacterial disease caused by infection with leptospires. Leptospirosis in humans and livestock is an endemic and epidemic disease in Thailand. Livestock may act as reservoirs for leptospires and source for human infection. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Data on leptospirosis infection in humans and livestock (Buffaloes, Cattle, and Pigs) species...

A survey was performed to investigate the infection status of freshwater fish with zoonotic trematode metacercariae in Phnom Penh and Pursat Province, Cambodia. All collected fish with ice were transferred to our laboratory and examined using the artificial digestion method. In fish from Phnom Penh, 2 kinds of metacercariae (Opisthorchis viverrini and Haplorchis yokogawai) were detected. O. viv...

background : although infection of dromedary camels with cryptosporidium spp. is rare in iran, it is considered a zoonotic threat to the keepers and herders of camels. thus we investigated the prevalence of cryptosporidium in these two hosts in yazd province, a semi-arid region in center of iran. methods : this study was conducted during 4 seasons (winter 2008, summer 2009, winter 2009 and summ...

background and purpose: fascioliasis is one of the zoonotic diseases in the world that has public health and economic perspectives. the aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of fascioliasis in slaughtered cattle in the industrial slaughterhouse of arak, iran (2007-2010). materials and methods: this study sample was consisted of 648994 head of cattle including 292797 sheep, 81012 c...