Mosquito transgenics and courtship songs
A recent study shows how disruption of the mosquito doublesex gene affects the courtship songs produced by females.
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Meet the winners of the Odile Bain Memorial Prize 2020
The Odile Bain Memorial Prize recognizes early career scientists who have made significant contributions to the medical and veterinary parasitology fields, in memory… Read more »
Heartworm infection: are wolves spreading a deadly disease for dogs?
Heartworm infection is already prevalent in wolves that have recolonized the known heartworm-endemic area in Northern Italy.
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Sad summer for West Nile virus in Europe and North America (but good for us)
In this tragical year of 2020, Krisztian Magori highlights how we might just have gotten lucky with mosquitoes and West Nile virus… Read more »
A powerful attractant: Malaria parasites lure blood-sucking mosquitoes
The malaria parasite’s gametocyte-stage has been demonstrated in the field to heavily manipulate the blood-seeking behaviour of… Read more »
Spreading like wildfire? Parasites in a pyrophilic world
In the wake of the wildfires burning throughout the western U.S., it is timely to explore recent studies examining the effects of… Read more »
Dengue: don’t you, forget about me!
At a time when we seem to hear only about COVID 19, it is easy to forget about other diseases that have had, and will continue to… Read more »
An outbreak of intestinal schistosomiasis: What lies ahead for Malawi?
Malawi is endemic for urogenital schistosomiasis, however reports of intestinal schistosomiasis have pointed to the emergence of… Read more »
Driving malaria replication cycles
The malaria parasite undergoes cycles of replication with red blood cells that follow circadian rhythms. Recent work has examined… Read more »
Dengue and COVID-19: Chaotic Potential?
As the COVID-19 pandemic increasingly began to affect South America and the South Asian subcontinent, concern grew amongst… Read more »
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