BugBitten

Vector control – is it all in the attitude?

02/12/2022 Srimathy Sriskantharajah

International travel, trade, climate change, migration and conflict can all facilitate the spread of infectious diseases and their vectors from their… Read more »

BiologyHealth

Liver stage malaria parasites: does it matter where they are located?

25/11/2022 Hilary Hurd

Malaria parasites multiply in liver cells prior to invading red blood cells. Recent work has been investigating whether the position of a host cell within the liver… Read more »

BiologyDeveloping WorldHealth

#TraeTuChipo: citizen science for the surveillance of Chagas disease

18/11/2022 Karina Mondragon-Shem

This neglected disease remains a public health issue in many countries, including Venezuela. One project aims to provide real-time information on the distribution of… Read more »

Developing WorldHealthMedicine

What’s in a worm? The microbiota of horse ascarids.

11/11/2022 Anouk Gouvras

Researchers at the University of Kentucky undertook the first study and characterization of the microbiota of an ascarid parasite,… Read more »

Schistosomiasis and praziquantel resistance

28/10/2022 Shannan Summers

A study led by researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine reviews the recent significant advances in… Read more »

Australia facing another summer of potential Japanese Encephalitis cases

21/10/2022 Krisztian Magori

In this blog post, Krisztian Magori summarizes how Australia faces another summer of La Nina conditions, and a potential… Read more »

A new understanding of old pandemics

14/10/2022 Hilary Hurd

Analysis of genomes of plague bacterium from ancient burial sites are shedding light on the origins of Old-World plague pandemics.

Filipe Dantas Torres – winner of the 2022 WSAVA One Health Award

07/10/2022 Srimathy Sriskantharajah

Many congratulations to Filipe Dantas Torres, Editor-in-Chief of Parasites & Vectors, on winning the 2022 World… Read more »

Armigeres subalbatus, a potential vector for Zika virus

30/09/2022 xiaoguangchen

Prof. Xiaoguang Chen and his team from Southern Medical University, China investigated the infection and transmission… Read more »

Genomics can help us better understand and address threats to schistosomiasis control

23/09/2022 Andrea Lund

A study led by researchers at the Colorado School of Public Health reviews possible mechanisms for schistosomiasis persistence and… Read more »