
Of mice and mites (and more)
Small mammals (including mice, voles, and shrews) are found globally and many species are happy to live next door or even within the same house as… Read more »
Small mammals (including mice, voles, and shrews) are found globally and many species are happy to live next door or even within the same house as… Read more »
In this post, Krisztian Magori summarizes the results of a recently published, long-term study on the ecology of a rare tick-borne pathogen, Borrelia… Read more »
Krisztian Magori and his MSc student Ben Thompson summarize a new study experimentally demonstrating the connection between rodent… Read more »
Lizards use "behavioural hypothermia" to reduce the negative impact of tick infestations, another example of parasite infections… Read more »
If you want to control tick numbers, promoting red wood ants may be the answer. Research recently published in Parasites &… Read more »
Vector biologists meet to discuss current and potential threats to the UK
Krisztian Magori explains how he used a disease ecology capstone class to expose the medical professionals of the future to the… Read more »
Since 2011 it has no longer been compulsory for dogs being imported into the UK to be inspected for ticks. Within five years the… Read more »
While a group of dedicated researchers develop novel method to control ticks, these tiny arachnids take revenge by spreading… Read more »
Victor Brugman (The Pirbright Institute) and Stacey Leech (Public Health England) This month saw a swarm of parasitologists,… Read more »