Toxoplasma gliding motility, and how this research could impact malaria studies
Monthly Archives: February 2017
Searching for a transparent parasite
Barramundi are often plagued by small transparent flatworms that live on their surface, causing epidermal damage resulting in economic losses to the fish farming industry. This damage is exacerbated if they congregate in specific niches, but do they do so?
Helpful invaders: can cane toads reduce the burdens of native frogs?
While invasive species can be a devastating force in their new habitats by negatively impacting biodiversity and the environment, recent research has shown they may also be of benefit by reducing parasite burdens in native species.
African Trypanosomes – where do they go?
African trypanosomes hiding in newly discovered tissue reservoirs could impact on transmission, chemotherapy, and diagnosis.