A new perspective on nuptial gifts from male mosquitoes
Recent research has uncovered new information about the steroid hormone that male anopheline mosquitoes pass on to females during mating.
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Flaviviruses make you smell like a perfume to attract blood-seeking Aedes mosquitoes, and you might be able to take a cheap, safe drug to stop them
Krisztian Magori reviews a recent study demonstrating that flaviviruses make mice (and people) produce more of the volatile acetophenone, which is also included in… Read more »
Determining the optimal strategies to achieve elimination of transmission for Schistosoma mansoni
Using two individual-based stochastic models, developed independently by the Imperial College London (ICL) and University of Oxford (SCHISTOX), and data from two… Read more »
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Schistosomes as a threat to human reproduction
Schistosomiasis is a serious threat to human sexual and reproductive health, as highlighted in this blog by Dingase Kumwneda, a… Read more »
Effects of agricultural pesticides on insecticide-resistance and ‘fitness’ of malaria vectors in south-eastern Tanzania
Surveillance of local mosquito populations for insecticide resistance, and understanding the factors that influence resistance and… Read more »
World War C – a review of a book by Dr. Sanjay Gupta
Krisztian Magori reviews the book "World War C: Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic and How to Prepare for the Next One" by Dr.… Read more »
Eau d’urea: why mosquitoes feed on cattle urine
Mosquitoes and other insects are known to be attracted to (and use) secretions from their hosts and other animals. Mengistu Dawit… Read more »
BugBitten’s mid-year puzzle page
Dear BugBitten readers, it has been an exhausting year so far (and indeed a few years). This week, we would like to treat you to a… Read more »
Why interdisciplinary approaches are essential for complex public health challenges
In this study, we use mixed methods to understand water contact and the related risk of acquiring schistosomiasis among… Read more »
Control of zoonotic malaria may be hindered by missing knowledge of its mosquitoes
The rise in human cases of zoonotic malaria poses a threat to control and elimination programmes in Southeast Asia, and a recent… Read more »
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