Monthly Archives: October 2024

Biting midges as vectors of Leishmaniasis? – Insights from Thailand

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Leishmaniasis cases are rising in Thailand, with recent evidence suggesting Culicoides biting midges could be potential vectors ofLeishmania parasites to humans and animals. Accordingly, research into the role of midges as vectors of Leishmania species, in Thailand and elsewhere, is urgently needed to improve vector control and limit disease transmission.

Bluetongue disease is spreading in Europe

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We have visited the effect of climate change on the spread of parasitic diseases in several recent blogs (including last week’s one), but the advance of this vector borne disease has an additional explanation.

Scary Mosquitoes Creeping North with Climate Change

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Krisztian Magori reports on the surprising and unexpected discovery of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in the southern part of the Pacific Northwest region of the US, and what this means in terms of the projected range expansion of this, and related mosquitoes in the US and globally with climate change.