Imagine a parasite circulating actively in a community, infecting dogs, spreading through insect vectors, moving between multiple species—and no one notices. Not because people aren’t looking, but because traditional disease surveillance only watches clinical cases in humans, missing the invisible circulation happening all around them. Research on emerging zoonotic diseases confirms this dynamic is not unique to Honduras, it reflects a global risk intensified by urbanization and climate change. Read more about this in our Promega Connections blog (2).
