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 »
Malarial disease and autoimmune disease share a strange relationship. Both are best avoided, however when one is infected with the Plasmodium parasite it may be… Read more »
Everyone knows that rats and fleas spread the Black Death... But is there more to this old and deadly story? A team of scientists set out to definitively say… Read more »
Many of the most frightening human viruses have only recently made the jump from another species. These ‘zoonoses’ include the pandemic virus SARS-Cov-19… Read more »
The new, approved malaria vaccine has moved to a national distribution in Cameroon, marking a small but mighty milestone in control of the parasitic disease.
The bacteria that causes plague may be able to transmit in ways previously unknown for us. For the first time, Anderson and co-authors have released a pre-print… Read more »
Even if you find ticks repulsive, your skin’s electrical charge may find them positively attractive. Previously assumed to require direct contact to spread,… Read more »
A mosquito vector of malaria normally found in Asia is moving into African cities. How did it travel there and is this a cause for concern?
‘Beautiful' is an adjective seldom found in vector-borne disease, not least concerning mosquitos. Yet one photographer has recently highlighted the… Read more »