Pivotal moment in the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Monthly Archives: July 2019
How to effectively deliver drugs on a mass scale
A recent study evaluated characteristics of effective community medicine distributors during mass drug administration for neglected tropical diseases
Fasciola liver flukes infecting wild elephants of Sri Lanka: tackling tricky taxonomy
A Fasciola liver fluke found infecting Asian elephants in Sri Lanka reveals a need to understand economically important parasites in wildlife.
How can we use fungi to control mosquitoes?
In this blog Dr Richard Samuels articulates and contextualizes the research put forward in a recent article published in Parasites & Vectors exploring the efficacy of fungal organisms in combating arbovirus transmission.
The opposite of a late-night snack
Mosquitoes are predominantly night feeders, but this is changing due to the selective pressure imposed by the use of bednets. Does this behaviour change affect their fitness and ability to transmit malaria?