Bovines, Bilharzia and Benin: does Schistosoma hybridization happen in cattle?
Researchers from Benin and France uncovered a missing piece of the puzzle for human-cattle schistosome hybridization.
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World Population Day 2020: A clarion call to recommit to sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice
Saturday July 11th is World Population Day, and Caitlin R Williams explains why observing this international health day is more important than ever… Read more »
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European bats discovered as hosts for leishmaniasis infection
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Fast forward: from malaria elimination to malaria eradication
Given the present-day intervention tools, malaria elimination has become reality, with many countries certified to be… Read more »
“Listening to my baby before birth”: training mothers in labor to detect fetal heart rate changes to help address the gap in midwifery care in low-resource settings
Very low ratios of midwives to laboring mothers in maternity wards in low-resource settings, such as Liberia, often lead to high… Read more »
Contentious, contagious and concerning – the impact of recent measles outbreaks across the world
It is the world’s most contagious viral disease, and has killed thousands of people in 2020 already. However, I am not talking… Read more »
Parasite and vector papers during the COVID-19 publication rush
The current endemic has changed a lot in academic publishing, resulting in the fast production of large quantities of texts… Read more »
What’s age got to do with it? Age gaps in schistosomiasis control
Inspired by a conference symposium examining the impacts of schistosomiasis across all ages, we recently wrote an opinion piece… Read more »
A microsporidian impairs Plasmodium falciparum transmission
A Kenyan based group of researchers have identified a new microsporidian infecting field-caught mosquitoes that inhibits the… Read more »