A groundbreaking approach, the ATRAP project – Action Towards Reducing Aquatic snail-borne Parasitic diseases – uses a Citizen Science approach to engage and empower community members to map and monitor for biomedically important snails in their communities, contributing to biomedical research, disease surveillance and community awareness.
The development of novel, broad-spectrum antihelmintics is a major priority for ensuring the future of effective chemotheraptuic control of parasitic flatworms worldwide.
Krisztian Magori shares some of the news items he picked up recently about the WHO recommendation of new malaria and dengue vaccines, bedbug infestations in Paris, and a “fun” trip a rat made out of Brooklyn!
I find it hard to believe that 10 years have passed since the BugBitten blog was born. Initiated by board members of Parasites & Vectors and hosted by the journal, a small group of enthusiastic volunteers and a BioMed Central staff member launched into the new experience of writing blogs, with the objective of publicising… Read more »