Zika – Points to Ponder
It is that time of year for some buzz about Zika, in terms of public awareness about risk of infection, prevention, control, and treatment; but the buzz seems… Read more »
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Decline in malaria funding may put malaria elimination efforts at risk
Rima Shretta and her colleagues, recently published their findings on how the recent decline in funding could impact malaria elimination programs, especially in… Read more »
Mosquitoes and the biocontrol agent Wolbachia
Facilitated by increasing global mobility, urbanisation, climate change, and the development of insecticide resistance, populations of the yellow fever mosquito,… Read more »
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2017 VectorBiTE Research Coordination Network Meeting in Silwood
Vector biologists, modellers and ecoinformaticians convene for the second annual meeting of Vector Behaviour in Transmission… Read more »
Increases in schistosomiasis linked with ecological impacts of dams
Dams block the migration of river prawns that eat snails which are intermediate hosts for schistosomiasis
The importance of teaching disease ecology to the medical professionals of the future
Krisztian Magori, disease ecologist and Assistant Professor of Biostatistics at Eastern Washington University, argues for the… Read more »
Video blog: The effect of climate change on the fitness of fish and their tapeworm parasites
New research published in Parasites & Vectors finds that climate change may negatively effect cold water fish whilst… Read more »
Schistosome infections in snails alter snail physiology
Schistosoma mansoni, which causes intestinal schistosomiasis, is known to impact not only human and mammalian health but also the… Read more »
Space invaders…the dangers of fungi in space
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in space or on another world? One day it may be possible to do so, but… Read more »
Bad news for rainbow trout
Researchers report that the common eye fluke can alter the anti-predator behaviour of its fish host in different ways depending… Read more »
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