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Oropouche fever: from rainforests to clinics
You may have seen this name appear alongside other health news - there are concerns over its increasing distribution in the Americas and the recent… Read more »
You may have seen this name appear alongside other health news - there are concerns over its increasing distribution in the Americas and the recent… Read more »
Have you ever found yourself eyeing a mosquito as it buzzed around, seemingly fixated on making you its next meal? It’s an intricate dance of… Read more »
A new study in Parasites and Vectors looks at the potential impact the invasive Aedes albopictus in southern Spain.
Removing vital genes that affect a creature’s behaviour could be a way to ameliorate the impact of disease vectors such as… Read more »
A new study by Oke et al. looks at a non-destructive way to measure Plasmodium parasites in mosquitoes over periods of time.
Krisztian Magori summarizes the story of the largest contiguous area release of Wolbachia-infected Aedes mosquitoes and its impact… Read more »
A new tool for counting mosquito eggs developed by Javed et al. shows the potential applications AI can have in parasitology… Read more »
In June 2023, concerning news of locally acquired malaria was reported in the US – the first such cases in twenty years. At the… Read more »
Mosquitoes use scent cues to locate humans to feed upon, but do some humans smell more appealing than others, and if so, why?
A team based in Burkino Faso show that Chromobacterium anophelis sp. nov. IRSSSOUMB001 – a bacterial strain native to the… Read more »