International travel, trade, climate change, migration and conflict can all facilitate the spread of infectious diseases and their vectors from their… Read more »
In a recent study, researchers evaluate the cost of using ‘Tiny Target’ tsetse control in Cote D’Ivoire and demonstrate how vector ecology and… Read more »
The current COVID-19 pandemic has taken the spotlight in the news. Despite the seriousness of the situation, other health issues… Read more »
The global trade in used tyres is a major factor responsible for introductions of Aedes invasive mosquitoes. Clare Strode tells us… Read more »
Blocking the Plasmodium life cycle can be achieved through the use of insecticides, or by strategies aimed at preventing the… Read more »
A new study shows that rising temperatures can reduce Wolbachia infection in mosquitoes, loosening its control on their… Read more »
With mosquito species adapting to feed outdoors, limiting the effectiveness of malaria prevention techniques like bed nets, there… Read more »
Dams block the migration of river prawns that eat snails which are intermediate hosts for schistosomiasis
Anopheles mosquitoes have made their move, donning a thicker armour against insecticide- now what’s ours?
We have won some significant victories against one of human’s greatest enemies, malaria, by targeting its vector. But are we… Read more »
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