Krisztian Magori expresses gratitude for and hope in the next generation of biology professionals he taught in his Disease Ecology Senior Capstone class this Spring quarter, with short summaries of their One Health-related projects included.
A recent paper sheds light on the historical distribution and genetic diversity of malaria-causing Plasmodium species through ancient DNA analysis from human skeletal remains, providing insights into the evolution, transmission, and impact of malaria on human populations over millennia.
Researchers have mapped out the distribution of the tick Amblyomma americanum in the state of Georgia in the USA.
Everyone knows that rats and fleas spread the Black Death… But is there more to this old and deadly story? A team of scientists set out to definitively say that the human body louse by be a crucial part of this infectious tryst.