Deforestation could mean less bats and more viruses

Bats have important roles in the ecosystems they inhabit. Sometimes, they also carry viruses. One study in the Atlantic Forest suggests anthropogenic land changes… Read more »
Bats have important roles in the ecosystems they inhabit. Sometimes, they also carry viruses. One study in the Atlantic Forest suggests anthropogenic land changes… Read more »
Dear Readers, Welcome to BugBitten in 2023. We thought we would start the year with a parasitologically-themed anagram puzzle. All words were used in one of our… Read more »
Dear Readers, thank you for joining BugBitten as we covered some of the events and advances in our understanding of parasites and their vectors. Here, I have… Read more »
A parasite that encysts in the brains of wolves in Yellowstone National Park is associated with changes in wolf behaviour that… Read more »
Surveillance and monitoring of the prevalence and distribution of zoonotic pathogens is crucial in improving our awareness of… Read more »
Krisztian Magori practices gratitude for the good news on the development of scalable, self-limiting, genetic sexing version of… Read more »
International travel, trade, climate change, migration and conflict can all facilitate the spread of infectious diseases and their… Read more »
Malaria parasites multiply in liver cells prior to invading red blood cells. Recent work has been investigating whether the… Read more »
This neglected disease remains a public health issue in many countries, including Venezuela. One project aims to provide real-time… Read more »
Researchers at the University of Kentucky undertook the first study and characterization of the microbiota of an ascarid parasite,… Read more »