Congratulations! You survived 2021!
Krisztian Magori summarizes 2021, with the many challenges and achievements here at Bugbitten and beyond, and what we might have learned in the process.
Monthly Archives: December 2021
Seasons greetings from BugBitten
The Editors of BugBitten would like to extend our warmest wishes to all our readers during the festive season. Thank you for supporting the blog in 2021, and we will have plenty more articles for you in 2022.
Could SARS-CoV-2 become a zoonosis?
Although the jury is still out regarding the origin of SARS-CoV-2, it is most likely to have originated in an animal reservoir. Whilst a new variant is rapidly sweeping across human populations, incidents of transmission in the reverse direction (to other mammals) are increasingly being reported.
Surveillance of insecticide resistance mutations in local Anopheles populations in Cabo Verde
A report from Cabo Verde: progress towards the prevention and control of malaria as a public health concern is under threat due to emerging insecticide resistance among local anopheline mosquitoes.
Une histoire sur un timbre: the recent history of malaria events told through stamps
With the widespread usage of emails and electronic messaging apps for personal and business correspondences, the importance of the letter and the humble stamp affixed to the front of the envelope may have diminished for many of us. However, as Bernard Brabin highlights in his Review, the postage stamp has played a significant role as record of malaria events since 1840s and an important form of spreading information about elimination programmes.