Veterinary medicine and science,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Nov. 27, 2024
The
relationship
among
microbes,
animals,
and
humans
often
manifests
as
zoonotic,
anthropo-zoonotic,
or
sylvatic
infections.
Infections
transmitted
from
animals
to
are
considered
zoonotic
cause
outbreaks
of
diseases,
epidemics,
even
pandemics.
battle
for
survival
between
microbes
mammalian
species
has
been
occurring
throughout
all
documented
human
history.
control,
de-escalation,
deceleration
the
spread
these
diseases
hinges
upon
detection
infectious
agents.
diagnostic
tests
detect
monitor
agents
have
evolved
biomedical
Infectious
disease
diagnosis
in
past
decades
improved
by
combining
physical
examination,
microbiology,
immunology,
molecular
tests.
This
chapter
highlights
characteristics
their
clinical
presentation,
laboratory
tests,
use
multi-omics,
other
attributes
diagnostics.
Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
34(4)
Published: Aug. 26, 2024
A
3-yr-old,
male
Komodo
dragon
(Varanus
komodoensis)
presented
acutely
in
early
October
2021
with
an
abnormal
posture
and
asymmetric
tetraparesis.
The
subadult
lizard
had
spent
the
previous
4
months
either
outdoor
space
or
indoor
open
windows.
Physical
examination,
radiographs,
complete
blood
count
chemistry
panel
failed
to
reveal
cause
of
neurologic
signs.
West
Nile
virus
(WNV)
plaque
reduction
serum
neutralization
on
presentation
was
negative
(1:20),
as
WNV
polymerase
chain
reaction
(PCR)
testing
viral
isolation
whole
blood.
Empirical
treatment
a
daily
corticosteroid,
course
antibiotics,
encouragement
mild
exercise
initiated.
Magnetic
resonance
imaging
brain
spinal
cord
unremarkable,
lumbar
cerebrospinal
fluid
(CSF)
tap
revealed
mononuclear
pleocytosis
protein
elevation.
Follow-up
serology
rising
titer
seroconversion
13
days
after
(1:80)
32
(1:640);
however,
PCR
CSF
negative.
Thi
gradually
improved
over
six
weeks
before
being
put
back
public
display
74
presentation.
remained
high
(1:640)
through
winter
2021-22,
anamnestic
response
observed
following
vaccination
series
killed
equine
vaccine
spring
2022.
There
is
brief
report
infection
captive
crocodile
monitor
salvadorii),
unpublished
case
same
species
at
first
author's
institution.
This
disease
from
presumptive
dragon.
We
recommend
that
be
differential
diagnosis
if
varanid
present
acute
signs
history
arthropod
vector
exposure,
particularly
summer
fall.
Veterinary medicine and science,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Nov. 27, 2024
The
relationship
among
microbes,
animals,
and
humans
often
manifests
as
zoonotic,
anthropo-zoonotic,
or
sylvatic
infections.
Infections
transmitted
from
animals
to
are
considered
zoonotic
cause
outbreaks
of
diseases,
epidemics,
even
pandemics.
battle
for
survival
between
microbes
mammalian
species
has
been
occurring
throughout
all
documented
human
history.
control,
de-escalation,
deceleration
the
spread
these
diseases
hinges
upon
detection
infectious
agents.
diagnostic
tests
detect
monitor
agents
have
evolved
biomedical
Infectious
disease
diagnosis
in
past
decades
improved
by
combining
physical
examination,
microbiology,
immunology,
molecular
tests.
This
chapter
highlights
characteristics
their
clinical
presentation,
laboratory
tests,
use
multi-omics,
other
attributes
diagnostics.
