Putting Maasai women behind the camera to take control of Trachoma control
In a recent study by Mtuy et al 2021, researchers assessed the use of Photovoice as a community engagement tool by putting Maasai women on the other… Read more »
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Chasing after the human flea, a controversial bubonic plague vector
Bubonic plague is considered by many as a disease from the past, a dark age scourge which took millions of lives during major pandemics. Although… Read more »
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Meet the Winners of the Odile Bain Memorial Prize 2021
This year again Parasites & Vectors, in collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health, awarded the Odile Bain Memorial… Read more »
Malaria vaccines: a new approach for an old idea
Clinical trials of malaria vaccines composed of live parasites in combination with anti-malaria drugs to kill the parasites once… Read more »
Can three years of intensive deworming eliminate soil-transmitted helminths?
The DeWorm3 transmission model seeks to answer the question. The trial is testing the hypothesis that frequent mass drug… Read more »
Twenty years of soil-transmitted helminths and schistosome infection control in Ethiopia
Soil-transmitted helminths and schistosomiasis are the most prevalent neglected tropical diseases. In Ethiopia alone they infect… Read more »
New insight into the interaction between Leishmania and the sand fly midgut
Our research uncovers a new mode of binding that explains how Leishmania can exploit almost any sand fly in the world as a vector.… Read more »
Trichuris trichiura infection alters the gut microbial composition of mothers and children from Pemba Island, Tanzania
Significant changes in gut microbial composition (gut dysbiosis) are induced by infection with the soil-transmitted helminth… Read more »
Tackling pork tapeworm through a One Health approach.
Pork tapeworm: a parasite that afflicts poor, marginalised farming and rural communities within 56 countries across the globe.… Read more »
Zoonotic pathogens in Bonobos and One Health implications
Researchers report on PCR screening for potentially zoonotic pathogens detected in the faecal samples of wild and semi-captive… Read more »
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