Prevalence and Host Specificity of Bat Flies (Streblidae) from Selected Caves in Unisan, Quezon, Philippines.

Purpose: Bats belong to different guilds and thus differ in the environmental resources that they exploit. They also evolved to have a very rich diversity of roosting and feeding habits. Therefore, it enables them to harbor different species of parasites that could be zoonotic and may pose public health importance.

Prevalence of among different species of snails in the village of Bagong Sikat Muñoz, Nueva Ecija, Philippines and its associated risk factors for zoonotic transmission.

Snails are good source of protein and one of the delicacies in majority of the areas in the Philippines. However, they may act as an intermediate host for several parasites such as . This parasite is commonly found in South East Asia especially in agricultural countries like the Philippines.