Neglected Tropical Diseases- to elimination and beyond!
“Neglected Tropical Diseases”, a term now so commonly used, was first coined at the WHO Berlin meeting in 2005. On this 10th anniversary, the Liverpool… Read more »
Vera Unwin gained her Bsc (Hons) in Biomedical sciences (University of Dundee), before completing her MSc in Medical Parasitology (LSHTM) and gaining exciting field experience working in the Amazon, Brazil. After working in the malaria vaccine group at the Jenner Institute (University of Oxford), she moved to the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine to work on filarial nematode cell lines and then Mycobacterium tuberculosis risk factors. She is currently doing a PhD at the LSTM developing and evaluating diagnostics for malaria elimination settings.
Latest posts by Vera Unwin (see all)
- Merry Christmas from Bugbitten! - 23rd December 2019
- A malaria elimination catch up- Algeria leads the way - 9th August 2019
- Why find the needle in the haystack? - 10th May 2019
Pinworm plagued prehistoric proto-mammals
Detection of eggs/ cysts of intestinal parasites in the faeces of infected animals is the gold standard for diagnosing numerous intestinal parasites. Hence,… Read more »
Innovations in diagnostics
The availability of good diagnostics is central to both the treatment and control of infectious diseases. Since parasitic and vector-borne diseases have the… Read more »
Merry Christmas from Bugbitten
BugBitten is pleased to report an optimistic message about malaria control this Christmas! In the foreword to the annual WHO World Malaria Report, published… Read more »
The BSP’s autumn symposium 2014, Disease Ecology
This year’s British Society for Parasitology (BSP) autumn symposium was held in Salford at the highly futuristic Media city, University of Salford. On this… Read more »
Football fervour dampened by dengue fever?
Over a million people from around the world, including 10,000 England supporters from the U.K, are expected to flock to Brazil this summer for the FIFA World… Read more »
A review of the British Society for Parasitology’s 52nd Spring meeting, 2014
Last month the British Society for Parasitologists (BSP) held their 52nd Spring Meeting in Cambridge. The three day event opened with a reception in the… Read more »
L119F- A Molecular Marker for Cross Resistance to DDT and Pyrethroids
Insecticides are fundamental to vector control programs for vector borne diseases. Malaria is one of the most dangerous of these diseases, with an estimated… Read more »
Matters of the heart (worm)
For anyone who has managed to bypass the constant bombardment of love heart- themed everything- today is Valentine’s Day. On this day, scorned by singletons,… Read more »
Poor Rudolph!
This year Santa and his reindeer helpers delivered presents to 81 million more people than were on the planet the year before. After such a busy Christmas,… Read more »