A new study culminating from years of research provides further support for the use of tetraspanin proteins in the development of a vaccine against the carcinogenic human liver fluke, Opistorchis viverrini.
Researchers in Kampala and Glasgow identified key factors driving persistant S. mansoni infections in hotspot communities on the banks of Lake Victoria. These findings will help schistosomiasis elimination programmes design targeted interventions to bring down infections in these high transmission areas.
A recent study investigated how changing land use will alter where rodent zoonotic hazard increases or decreases across the globe.
The world is in the grip of a pandemic caused by acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Multiple risk factors have been associated with the likelihood of suffering severe symptoms, and a new one has recently been added to the list.
Or perhaps a better question would be what do you think you know about malaria? In this day and age, with easy access to information, are there any checks or verification on the information we receive? Information – and correct information at that – is important when it comes to disease control. Bogale Belay and colleagues assessed the knowledge, attitude, and practice amongst febrile patients visiting an Ethiopian clinic to see how that tallied with disease prevalence.