Re-visiting an old question: can black soldier fly outcompete houseflies?
Examining inter-specific competition between ‘filth flies’ – flies whose larvae are found in excrement, decaying vegetable matter, rotting meat or garbage.
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Mandrills and their malaria parasites
Studying malaria in wild populations can be difficult, but repeatedly sampling individuals reveals the costs and consequences of malaria in wild monkeys
Malaria: understanding drug resistance
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While the eye worm Oxyspirura petrowi is highly prevalent in northern bobwhite quail, little is known about the life cycle. A… Read more »
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Honey baits for arbovirus surveillance
Authors of a recent study evaluated which mosquito trap is best to use in combination with honey-baited FTA filter paper cards as… Read more »
Malaria mosquito crosses large desert – ‘it was a breeze’
Evidence for large-scale dispersal of malaria mosquitoes across the Sahel comes from balloon sampling
Giardia, deworming, and WASH: a complex picture
New findings have revealed that Giardia infections remained prevalent in a low-income setting throughout a regular deworming… Read more »
Mangy Mites Mess up the Mammalian Microbiome
Krisztian Magori (@BiteOfAMosquito) summarizes a recently published paper in Parasites & Vectors on how sarcoptic mange mites… Read more »
Achieving and sustaining elimination: How the Geshiyaro Project might shape the future of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths programmes
In the Wolaita zone in southern Ethiopia a research initiative is underway to assess strategies to achieve transmission break for… Read more »
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