Interview with Derric Nimmo, Head of Public Health Research at Oxitec
As a follow-up to last weeks post on genetic control of mosquitoes, I invited Derric Nimmo, the head of public health research at Oxitec, for a friendly chat… 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
Genetic control methods are ready to be used to control Zika outbreak in Americas
Genetic control methods, such as those containing Wolbachia, or the Oxitec solution, are ready to be deployed against Aedes aegypti to control dengue,… Read more »
The Revenge of the Ticks!
While a group of dedicated researchers develop novel method to control ticks, these tiny arachnids take revenge by spreading further and infecting people and… Read more »
Peter Hotez answers our questions regarding the worm index and ‘Blue Marble Health’
We caught up with Dr. Peter Hotez to ask him about his recent paper in PLOS NTD on the worm index and human development, NTDs in general, and his concept of… Read more »
Special Issue of “Climate change and vector-borne diseases of humans”
The Philosophical Transactions B of the Royal Society has just published a special issue on "Climate change and vector-borne diseases in humans. The issue… Read more »
Happy Birthday, Chikungunya (in the Americas)!
Almost a year ago today, an alarming report was published by the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVS) describing a novel mosquito-borne… Read more »
Building our future by exposing undergraduates to ticks and mosquitoes in the lab and the field
Experts in vector biology, surveillance, control and vector-borne diseases are getting older. Whilst attending a number of US vector control and society… Read more »
Unwelcome mosquito-borne disease Chikungunya spreads in the Americas
On December 6, 2013, local authorities on the Caribbean Island of Saint Martin reported 2 confirmed cases of locally acquired chikungunya. By December 20, 2013,… Read more »
Unlikely Ally for Parasites and Vectors: The U.S. Congress
The United States federal government has been shut down for the last two weeks, because the U.S. Congress failed to enact regular appropriations or a continuing… Read more »
Dengue Makes Home in Florida
On August 15, 2013, the Florida Department of Health in Martin County reported 3 cases of locally acquired dengue fever in the Rio and Jensen Beach area… Read more »