Mangy Mites Mess up the Mammalian Microbiome
Krisztian Magori (@BiteOfAMosquito) summarizes a recently published paper in Parasites & Vectors on how sarcoptic mange mites effect the skin microbiome of… Read more »
Krisztian Magori
Krisztian is the Assistant Professor of Biostatistics at the Department of Biology at Eastern Washington University. He is a disease ecologist, interested in the complex relationships between hosts, vectors, pathogens, and their biotic and abiotic environment. You can also follow his writing on https://kmagori.weebly.com.
Latest posts by Krisztian Magori (see all)
- Scary Mosquitoes Creeping North with Climate Change - 11th October 2024
- Having fun, connecting with others and learning new things at the Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America in the City of Angels - 23rd August 2024
- My gratitude for and hope in the next generation of biologists - 28th June 2024
Big step towards predicting West Nile virus transmission risk by combining citizen science and phylogenetic imputation
Krisztian Magori reviews a recent paper by Kain and Bolker on using citizen-science derived bird community data and phylogenetic imputation to overcome the… Read more »
Pivotal moment in the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo
In this week's post, Krisztian Magori summarizes the situation in the ongoing Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in light of recent… Read more »
Unexpected surprises in disease ecology
Krisztian Magori reminds us of the fun and messiness of science through the challenges and unexpected discoveries his students made in his Disease Ecology… Read more »
A new era in mosquito-borne disease surveillance
Krisztian Magori (@BiteOfAMosquito) discusses the newest innovation in arbovirus surveillance, using mosquito excreta to test for mosquito-borne pathogens.
Preprints – a new way to publish our results
Krisztian Magori highlight the benefits of publishing preprints in biology through a recent review and his personal experience.
Asian longhorned ticks getting ready to spread further in the US
Krisztian Magori provides an update on the geographical distribution of the Asian longhorned tick (Haemaphysalis longicornis) in the United States, and his… Read more »
Standing up for the health of migrants againt anti-immigrant rhetoric
Krisztian Magori reviews the recently published report by the UCL-Lancet Commission on Migration and Health, with particular emphasis on dispelling myths and… Read more »
Non-human hosts share Guinea Worms with people in Chad and Ethiopia
Krisztian Magori summarizes recent research published on the genetic structure of Guinea worms collected from humans and non-human hosts in endemic countries.
Harmless but annoying gallinipper mosquitoes following Hurricane Florence
Krisztian Magori summarizes the recent media coverage of large swarms of mosquitoes in the Carolinas following flooding post-Hurricane Florence.