Smart phones assist parasite diagnosis
The mobile phone has rapidly morphed into a device with multiple uses and is set to become a useful tool for the diagnosis of parasitic diseases.
Hilary Hurd
Editor at BugBitten
Hilary is Professor of Parasitology Emeritus at Keele University, UK, having retired at the end of 2013. Her research interests have revolved around parasites transmitted by insects and their interactions with their vectors. She was Director of the Centre for Applied Entomology and Parasitology at Keele for over ten years and served as President of the British Society for Parasitology.
Latest posts by Hilary Hurd (see all)
- Jiggers: a painful infestation - 31st May 2019
- Receptors that help mosquitoes smell us - 19th April 2019
- Unsticking malaria - 29th March 2019
Getting to the bottom of resistance to artemisinin antimalarials
New advances in the understanding of the biochemical targets of artemisinin anti-malaria therapy and the development of artemisinin resistance have been made… Read more »
Mosquito sex and infection: benefits and costs
Mosquitoes have been called the most dangerous animals in the world because of their role in the transmission of so many deadly diseases. An understanding of… Read more »
News of Neglected Tropical Diseases
What are neglected tropical diseases (NTDs)? Mathew Baylis gives his definition at the annual ISNTD Bites meeting held in London this month. “I see it as… Read more »
Rats are exonerated as reservoir hosts for the Black Death
Most British school children are familiar with the story of the Black Death and subsequent plague epidemics that decimated the population of Europe in the… Read more »
Shortened lifespan: a legacy of malaria infection
Chronic low-level malaria infection has been shown to affect the Darwinian fitness of great reed warblers by shortening their life span, and that of their… Read more »
Thorny-headed worms make shrimps lose their sense to smell fish predators
Shrimps infected with thorny-headed worms lose their ability to smell the presence of predatory fish or injured shrimps and to perform anti-predator behavior.… Read more »
An exit strategy for Toxoplasma
Unicellular parasites that reside and multiply inside the cells of their hosts must be adapted to penetrate the host cell without killing it and then to escape… Read more »
Zombie ants have been manipulated by secretions from a killer fungus
The world of parasites that manipulate the behaviours of their host became even more fascinating this September. A paper published by Charissa de Bekker and… Read more »
Wolbachia as a weapon in the war against malaria
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has just celebrated the tenth anniversary of its Grand Challenges in Global Health Programme. One of the original projects… Read more »