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Monthly Archives: December 2019
Honey baits for arbovirus surveillance
Authors of a recent study evaluated which mosquito trap is best to use in combination with honey-baited FTA filter paper cards as a surveillance tool in an area of low mosquito-borne virus prevalence.
Malaria mosquito crosses large desert – ‘it was a breeze’
Evidence for large-scale dispersal of malaria mosquitoes across the Sahel comes from balloon sampling
Giardia, deworming, and WASH: a complex picture
New findings have revealed that Giardia infections remained prevalent in a low-income setting throughout a regular deworming program to control intestinal worms. The findings also shed light on the complexities involved in implementing improvements to water, sanitation and hygiene in order to reduce parasitic diseases.