Ezio Ferroglio

TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the available management possibilities and highlight current research priorities for wildlife diseases in Europe and highlight the current research priority of wildlife management and conservation, as diseases can affect the productivity and density of wildlife populations with an economic or recreational value.

TL;DR: Northern continental Italy is now focally endemic for VL and a moderate risk for human disease does exist, although the intensity of transmission seems to be lower than in traditional settings of Mediterranean VL.

TL;DR: The prevalence of vector-borne pathogens observed in the present study is one of the highest reported so far, suggesting the importance of free-ranging carnivorans in the epidemiology and maintenance of the sylvatic cycle of the pathogens.

TL;DR: The prevalence of infection indicates the existence of natural infection in apparently healthy wild carnivore populations, and the results are suggestive of a sylvatic cycle independent of dogs.

TL;DR: In the future, the comparison of parasite isolates from humans, dogs and wildlife, xenodiagnosis studies in wild carnivores, and the study of other vertebrate taxonomic groups will help determine the current role of European wildlife in the epidemiology of leishmaniosis.