World’s largest rodent and its role in the emergence of Brazilian spotted fever
A recent study looks at how human impact on the landscape impacts large rodents, the tick populations they support, and a deadly bacteria that can… Read more »
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Trypanosomatid parasites in bees… taking a walk on the wild side?
The trypanosomatid parasite Crithidia mellificae infects managed honeybees, but could it also affect wild bees? A recent article investigates.
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Preprints – a new way to publish our results
Krisztian Magori highlight the benefits of publishing preprints in biology through a recent review and his personal experience.
Now we are five
A look back over the first five years of BugBitten.
Wolbachia is ready for prime time!
Here, Krisztian Magori summarizes the most recent updates from the World Mosquito Program on the success of scaled deployment of… Read more »
Where can we expect the longhorned tick to go (in the US)?
Krisztian Magori shares his preliminary analysis of the potential distribution of the longhorned tick in North America and the… Read more »
Trials and tribulations of diagnostic thresholds
Almost all diagnostics have inherent subjectivity. Subjective thresholds and cut-offs are a major source of this and can impact… Read more »
Mutant Zika protein is key to microcephaly
The S139N mutation in Zika M-protein has been found to increase severity of neurolovirulence, including microcephaly.
Monkey malaria causes human infections in Brazil
A malaria parasite that normally is transmitted to howler and capuchin monkeys has been found in humans in Rio de Janerio state in… Read more »
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