What factors drive persistent schistosomiasis infections in hotspot communities.
Researchers in Kampala and Glasgow identified key factors driving persistant S. mansoni infections in hotspot communities on the banks of Lake… Read more »
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Risky rodent landscapes: where will zoonotic infections become more common?
A recent study investigated how changing land use will alter where rodent zoonotic hazard increases or decreases across the globe.
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Is toxoplasmosis a COVID risk factor?
The world is in the grip of a pandemic caused by acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Multiple risk factors have… Read more »
What do you know about malaria?
Or perhaps a better question would be what do you think you know about malaria? In this day and age, with easy access to… Read more »
Wolbachia to the rescue – reducing dengue just like a COVID-19 vaccine
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Traditional surveillance approaches in collaboration with citizen science improves the known distribution of invasive Aedes japonicus in Spain
Surveillance and monitoring of invasive species by public health agencies is often directed at international points of entry,… Read more »
Towards a broader definition of value: why we underestimate the benefits of progress on NTDs
In today's economic climate there is an urgent need for economic tools and methodologies to adequately evaluate and demonstrate to… Read more »
Macaques and mosquitoes
COVID-19 is just one of the many infectious diseases that has been transmitted to humans from wild animals. Another zoonotic… Read more »
What an empty stomach means for the spread of West Nile virus
A recent study on American robins showed that birds that were starved for two days prior to infection developed heavier viral… Read more »
Are we ready for (re)emerging arboviral diseases?
A few years ago, this question would have been merely academic for most of the world, but now that we have all experienced the… Read more »
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