Given that micro-organisms are everywhere, they naturally appear in plants and animals. A small percentage of these micro-organisms are pathogenic ...

The leishmaniases are vector-borne diseases due to infection caused by parasitic protozoans belonging to the Leishmania genus, which find hosts in ...

The peanut is an important crop grown on over 21 million hectares worldwide. Although peanuts have had an adverse image due to their content in sat...

Malaria is one of the most prevalent infectious diseases worldwide. Severe malaria leads to the death of close to two million individuals every yea...

Rotavirus infection is a common cause of acute gastroenteritis in children, which can cause severe dehydration and even death. There are many publi...

The first section of this book discusses Clostridium difficile Infections (CDI). There is no consensus on the definition of severe CDI, since it va...