Listening to forest soundscapes for zoonotic disease surveillance
A recent review looks at how bioacoustics could be a useful approach for the surveillance of zoonotic diseases, especially at the… Read more »
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Sharing innovative research in Uganda
The Uganda Schistosomiasis Multidisciplinary Research Centre (U-SMRC) hosted the first Uganda Schistosomiasis Symposium in Entebbe, Uganda, as well as… Read more »
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A tsetse fly aphrodisiac is identified
New research sheds more light on the odors involved in tsetse fly mating behaviour.
Intravenous immunoglobulin in autoimmune encephalitis – a blog for Rare Disease Day 2023
For Rare Disease Day 2023, Craig Bodman and Dr Paula Foscarini-Craggs discuss the Enceph-IG study looking at early treatment with… Read more »
Parasites of Passerines: parasitic fauna of wild passerine birds of Britain and Ireland
Researchers from the UK and Ireland share important findings on the epidemiology of endoparasites of wild passerine birds.
The demise of the Guinea worm
Following previous setbacks, an announcement in January this year suggests Guinea worm disease may finally be on its way to… Read more »
City lights might make Culex mosquitoes weaker over the summer but extend West Nile virus transmission risk in the fall
This week, Krisztian Magori discusses - with help from ChatGPT and DALL-E - recent studies on the impact of Artificial Light at… Read more »
Highlights of the BMC Series – December 2022
Does the discovery of a neoplasm in a Triassic amphibian complement our knowledge about the origin of cancer? Is there a link… Read more »
Deforestation could mean less bats and more viruses
Bats have important roles in the ecosystems they inhabit. Sometimes, they also carry viruses. One study in the Atlantic Forest… Read more »
BMC Ecology and Evolution Image Competition 2023
We are pleased to announce the launch of our third BMC Ecology and Evolution image competition! Submit your images and the stories… Read more »