On May 17, a horse fell ill in the township of Tewantin on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.

A vet, wearing protective equi...... more

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever is one of the most widely distributed viral hemorrhagic fevers.

This disease occurs in much of Afric...... more

Avian influenza — often referred to in the media as “bird flu” — has become one of the most publicized emerging infectious ...... more

After the discovery of tumor viruses in chickens during the first decades of the 20th century, a first mammalian tumor virus was discovered &...... more

Several abortifacient disease agents of sheep and goats are known to be pathogenic for humans. This includes bacterial diseases – such as ...... more

The August 2008 Zoonotic Infections column, titled “Q fever: a reemerging zoonosis,” examined a Q fever epidemic of unusual magn...... more

Last month’s Part 1 of the leptospirosis review, which a...... more

Tropical Storm Ondoy’s heavy rains on Sept. 24, caused massive flooding in the Philippines’ National Capital Region and its nearby provinces ...... more

Rabies is widely distributed across the globe, with certain exceptions. According to WHO data, more than 55,000 people die of rabies each year. ...... more

The term “fever of unknown origin” (FUO), coined in 1961, was initially defined as an illness of more than three weeks, during which fever hi...... more