The sex lives of schistosomes; complexed mixing of genomes
Potential zoonotic schistosomiasis transmission could have a large impact on the control of schistosomiasis. In 2014 there was an outbreak of urogenital… Read more »
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Trapping mosquitoes with cattle odor
With mosquito species adapting to feed outdoors, limiting the effectiveness of malaria prevention techniques like bed nets, there is a critical need for improved… Read more »
1Parasites: meal or squeal?
Members of the public were introduced to parasites that can infect us via the food we eat during an evening event at the Natural History Museum.
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Harmless but annoying gallinipper mosquitoes following Hurricane Florence
Krisztian Magori summarizes the recent media coverage of large swarms of mosquitoes in the Carolinas following flooding… Read more »
Precision Mapping-Tackling a major obstacle on the road towards the elimination of schistosomiasis
Schistosomiasis affects over 200 million people, yet it is a highly focal disease, with the likelihood of re-infection… Read more »
One Health and the community – the AfyaData tool
In the second part of our interview with Professor Esron Karimuribo, we focus on the importance of community-based surveillance,… Read more »
One Health and the community – interview with Professor Esron Karimuribo
Community is central to the One Health concept. In a two part interview, we talk to Professor Esron Karimuribo from the Southern… Read more »
Switching on the production of malaria sexual stages
A new study sheds further light on the transcription factor that acts as a master switch that turns on the production of sexual… Read more »
Mind altering microbes: can Toxoplasma gondii infection increase entrepreneurship?
Toxoplasma gondii infection is thought to alter the personalities of infected individuals (whether rats or humans) by increasing… Read more »
Wolbachia is ready for prime time!
Here, Krisztian Magori summarizes the most recent updates from the World Mosquito Program on the success of scaled deployment of… Read more »
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