In 2017 BugBitten reported on the latest research and events concerning the parasitology and vector biology community. As the year comes to a close, can you remember some of the highlights from the past 12 months? Try our end of year quiz and find out.
Krisztian Magori summarizes below the current state of global health funding, the challenges facing continued financing, and provides a few ideas about potential solutions to this pressing and critical issue.
Two members of a family of enzyme specific to malaria parasites have been found to be involved in the process of escape from a red blood cell and invasion of another one.
In Part 1 of this three-part post, we focused on heartworm basics. In part 2 and below, we focus on the latest information presented at the symposium. The Q&A that follows reflects the opinions of some of the leading experts on heartworm disease and is not intended as an official statement from the American Heartworm Society.
In Part 1 of this three-part post, we focused on heartworm basics. Here and in part 2, we move on to the latest information presented at the symposium. The Q&A that follows reflects the opinions of some of the leading experts on heartworm disease and is not intended as an official statement from the American Heartworm Society.
In conjunction with publication of the Proceedings of the 15th American Heartworm Society Triennial Symposium in Parasites & Vectors in November, American Heartworm Society President Christopher J. Rehm, Sr., DVM, reports on some of the key findings with a series of questions to a group of speakers and moderators who took the stage at the symposium. In Part 1 of this three-part post, we’ll cover some heartworm basics – what is heartworm disease and how is it transmitted to our pets, and what are the signs in dogs and cats?
Sporadic epidemics of West Nile Fever occur in Europe in the summer months when the mosquito vector of West Nile virus is biting. Do new introductions occur each year, or does the virus overwinter somewhere?