Eye disease eliminated from The Gambia

Another good news story: a recent article in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases outlines the journey taken by The Gambia to reach the point where the WHO has declared… Read more »
Another good news story: a recent article in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases outlines the journey taken by The Gambia to reach the point where the WHO has declared… Read more »
Dermacentor reticulatus is a veterinary and medically important tick with an expanding geographic range, and as such, in-depth monitoring of its distribution in the… Read more »
A recent study in Senegal looks at the financial impact of livestock schistosomiasis, highlighting that loss of earnings and reduced productivity is an outcome of… Read more »
Two main methods are key for preventing malaria and these include bed net use and indoor spraying with insecticides. However, with… Read more »
‘Beautiful' is an adjective seldom found in vector-borne disease, not least concerning mosquitos. Yet one photographer has… Read more »
Parasitic worm (helminth) infections are often described as a cause of stunting in children. However, a variety of factors can… Read more »
On this Earth Day, Krisztian Magori summarizes what we know so far about how extreme flooding due to climate change led to a… Read more »
A unique new review published in Parasites & Vectors provides a list of female scientists who contributed to the field of… Read more »
That fact bed net use protects users from Malaria deaths, especially children, is no news. But what happens once children grow up… Read more »
In honor of April Fool's Day we highlight some of the tricks that parasites play on hosts - not only one day a year, but… Read more »