Meet the SDG3 researchers: Fingani Annie Mphande-Nyasulu
Fingani Annie Mphande-Nyasulu is an infectious disease and public health expert with a background in microbiology and molecular biology. Her focus as… Read more »
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Chasing after the human flea, a controversial bubonic plague vector
Bubonic plague is considered by many as a disease from the past, a dark age scourge which took millions of lives during major pandemics. Although… Read more »
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Meet the Winners of the Odile Bain Memorial Prize 2021
This year again Parasites & Vectors, in collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health, awarded the Odile Bain Memorial… Read more »
Malaria vaccines: a new approach for an old idea
Clinical trials of malaria vaccines composed of live parasites in combination with anti-malaria drugs to kill the parasites once… Read more »
Meet the SDG3 researchers: Ritu Gaur
Ritu Gaur is a Professor at the South Asian University in New Delhi, India, studying the molecular and cell biology of HIV-1, with… Read more »
Meet the SDG3 researchers: Alaa Abouelfetouh
Alaa Abouelfetouh is a pharmacist by training with a special interest in microbiology, and is an Associate Professor of… Read more »
Can three years of intensive deworming eliminate soil-transmitted helminths?
The DeWorm3 transmission model seeks to answer the question. The trial is testing the hypothesis that frequent mass drug… Read more »
Highlights of the BMC Series – April 2021
Responding to a pandemic - Research integrity, misconduct and consequences - Equity in clinical trial registration -… Read more »
Twenty years of soil-transmitted helminths and schistosome infection control in Ethiopia
Soil-transmitted helminths and schistosomiasis are the most prevalent neglected tropical diseases. In Ethiopia alone they infect… Read more »
New insight into the interaction between Leishmania and the sand fly midgut
Our research uncovers a new mode of binding that explains how Leishmania can exploit almost any sand fly in the world as a vector.… Read more »