Looping: How poverty and vector-borne diseases fuel each other
Tom Pigram
Poverty, inequality, and vector-borne disease feed into one another. How do we break the loop?
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Increasing tick-borne diseases: Better information and enhanced protection for outdoor workers
Daniel Parsons
Vector-borne diseases (VBDs), caused by parasites, bacteria and viruses, constitute over 17% of all infectious diseases, and are responsible for more… Read more »
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For the love of dog(s): Current distribution of the ornate dog tick in the Czech Republic
Dermacentor reticulatus is a veterinary and medically important tick with an expanding geographic range, and as such, in-depth… Read more »
Pandemic restrictions provide insights into how human movement affects vector-borne diseases
The public health measures implemented by different countries during the pandemic are providing an opportunity for researchers to… Read more »
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… Read more »
World Health Day 2014: Small creatures, big threat
World Health Day occurs annually on the 7th April to mark the founding of the World Health Organisation (WHO) in 1948. The WHO… Read more »
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