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3 Dec 2024
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Biting midges as vectors of Leishmaniasis? – Insights from Thailand
Leishmaniasis cases are rising in Thailand, with recent evidence suggesting Culicoides biting midges could be potential vectors ofLeishmania parasites to humans… Read more »
Bluetongue disease is spreading in Europe
We have visited the effect of climate change on the spread of parasitic diseases in several recent blogs (including last week’s one), but the advance of this… Read more »
Scary Mosquitoes Creeping North with Climate Change
Krisztian Magori reports on the surprising and unexpected discovery of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in the southern part of the Pacific Northwest region of the… Read more »
Fungal compound inhibits transmission of malaria to mosquitoes
Guodong Niu and colleagues have shown that certain leucinostatins from fungal extracts can block the transmission of Plasmodium falciparum to mosquitoes, by… Read more »
Silver Bullets to Slay Biting Midges: Are Nanoparticles Effective at Controlling Vector Larvae?
Slaying creatures that have a deadly bite using silver bullets sounds like something out of a gothic horror novel but research shows it might be closer to… Read more »
Will a backbone of pathogen research be rescued after funders pull the plug?
What online scientific service do you use every month, week, or day? Do you know who runs it? Do you know who funds it? Parasitologists have learnt the hard way… Read more »
Genomic insights into Schistosoma mansoni TRPM channel: Assessing potential drug resistance in endemic populations
Recent research highlights the value of genomic surveillance in tracking the potential emergence of praziquantel resistance in schistosomes, and provides a… Read more »
Schistosomiasis vector snails on the move!
Modelling suggests that Bulinus truncatus, one of the main intermediate host snails of urogenital schistosomiasis, can expand into new areas as climate change… Read more »
