Blood, skin and fat – where to find African Trypanosomes in animals
A study in Ghana provides insights into the tissue preferences of African trypanosomes in animals, with implications on diagnostic and treatment strategies.
Anouk Gouvras
Anouk is the Communications and Programme Manager for the Global Schistosomiasis Alliance whose aim is to bring together organisations and stakeholders committed to combatting schistosomiasis. Twitter @elimin8schisto
Before taking on this role Anouk worked as a post-doctoral researcher in the Parasites & Vectors division of the Natural History Museum (NHM) of London. Her research on schistosomiasis involved regularly travelling to Tanzania to collect schistosome and snail samples for genetic analysis and for archiving in the Schistosomiasis Collection at the NHM (SCAN). Particularly passionate about public outreach and engagement with science she blogs, tweets and talks about parasites and neglected tropical diseases.
Before taking on this role Anouk worked as a post-doctoral researcher in the Parasites & Vectors division of the Natural History Museum (NHM) of London. Her research on schistosomiasis involved regularly travelling to Tanzania to collect schistosome and snail samples for genetic analysis and for archiving in the Schistosomiasis Collection at the NHM (SCAN). Particularly passionate about public outreach and engagement with science she blogs, tweets and talks about parasites and neglected tropical diseases.
Latest posts by Anouk Gouvras (see all)
- Blood, skin and fat – where to find African Trypanosomes in animals - 17th May 2024
- Looking for the “Bear” necessities of helminths - 15th March 2024
- Taenia solium, taeniasis and cysticercosis - 29th December 2023
Looking for the “Bear” necessities of helminths
In a recent study in Spain, researchers looked at the helminths infecting the endangered Cantabrian brown bear population, to determine what influence… Read more »
Taenia solium, taeniasis and cysticercosis
Infection with the larval stage of Taenia solium, the pork tapeworm, is one of the leading causes of acquired epilepsy in endemic countries. T. solium is a… Read more »
Parasitizing deep-sea hydrothermal vents
What do deep-sea hydrothermal vent ecosystems tell us about parasite richness, diversity and the advantage of certain life history traits? Researchers at the… Read more »
Saving squirrel monkeys from fatal toxoplasmosis: a promising new vaccine
A study reports on a promising vaccine candidate for toxoplasmosis to protect highly susceptible squirrel monkeys in parks and zoos.
NTDs, poverty, and ecosystem destruction. Predicting disease risk and breaking the poverty trap
Researchers use socioeconomic and ecosystem degradation variables to improve the predictive accuracy of disease risk models for NTDs in Brazil.
Parasites of Passerines: parasitic fauna of wild passerine birds of Britain and Ireland
Researchers from the UK and Ireland share important findings on the epidemiology of endoparasites of wild passerine birds.
What’s in a worm? The microbiota of horse ascarids.
Researchers at the University of Kentucky undertook the first study and characterization of the microbiota of an ascarid parasite, of an equine parasite and of… Read more »
Holy Helminths! Augustinian friars and their parasites.
A study in Cambridge investigated and compared the worm burden of friars living in a monastery in medieval England with that of towns people in the local… Read more »
What is the economic impact of schistosomiasis? A One Health question.
A recent study in Senegal looks at the financial impact of livestock schistosomiasis, highlighting that loss of earnings and reduced productivity is an outcome… Read more »