Technology

The sex lives of schistosomes; complexed mixing of genomes

19/10/2018

Bonnie Webster

Potential zoonotic schistosomiasis transmission could have a large impact on the control of schistosomiasis. In 2014 there was an… Read more »

Trapping mosquitoes with cattle odor

15/10/2018

Dr Bernard Abong'o

With mosquito species adapting to feed outdoors, limiting the effectiveness of malaria prevention techniques like bed nets, there… Read more »

One Health and the community – the AfyaData tool

25/09/2018

Srimathy Sriskantharajah

In the second part of our interview with Professor Esron Karimuribo, we focus on the importance of community-based surveillance,… Read more »

The crystal ball: predicting the next outbreak

27/07/2018

Srimathy Sriskantharajah

Just after the 2014 Ebola outbreak, Bill Gates gave a TED talk entitled The next outbreak? We’re not ready. The irony is that we… Read more »

Giardiasis from Proteomics to Pathogenesis

23/03/2018

Audrey Dubourg, Dong Xia and Kevin Tyler

To win the fight against parasitic diahorreal disease, the molecular detail of pathogenesis must be understood. Three recent… Read more »

The timing and the tools for tallying up trematodes: diagnosing and quantifying the burden of intestinal schistosomiasis.

16/03/2018

Tom Pennance

In the control of parasitic diseases, the correct diagnostic tool at the right time will accurately assess the burden of disease,… Read more »

Do Spatial Insecticides Have a Future in Vector Control?

01/09/2017

Jay Hutchison

Current vector control strategies involving LLINs and IRS are effective against malaria transmitting mosquitoes. However, the rise… Read more »

Space invaders…the dangers of fungi in space

11/07/2017

Srimathy Sriskantharajah

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in space or on another world? One day it may be possible to do so, but… Read more »