Zika – Points to Ponder
It is that time of year for some buzz about Zika, in terms of public awareness about risk of infection, prevention, control, and treatment; but the… Read more »
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2017 VectorBiTE Research Coordination Network Meeting in Silwood
Vector biologists, modellers and ecoinformaticians convene for the second annual meeting of Vector Behaviour in Transmission Ecology Research… Read more »
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The importance of teaching disease ecology to the medical professionals of the future
Krisztian Magori, disease ecologist and Assistant Professor of Biostatistics at Eastern Washington University, argues for the… Read more »
How to build an Olympic legacy
The London 2012 Olympic Games are widely considered to have been a huge success, both in terms of the event itself and the legacy… Read more »
Could carbamate insecticides save the day?
A field-based study investigates the tenet that insecticide resistance within a mosquito population may fall if the insecticide is… Read more »
Springtime in Scotland with the British Society for Parasitology
For the first time ever, the BSP held its 3-day annual spring meeting in the city of Dundee.
The AGS-v-vaccine: a magic bullet for mosquito-transmitted infections?
Could a new anti-saliva vaccine protect against multiple mosquito-borne diseases? The Phase I clinical trials have just begun...
The Revenge of the Aedes
With almost 1400 cases and 250 deaths, Brazil is currently experiencing the largest outbreak of yellow fever since the 1940s.… Read more »
The future of emerging infectious diseases in the Trump era
Today marks the inauguration of Donald J. Trump as the 45th President of the United States. At the dawn of this new era, we… Read more »
Zoology 2016 – Nature conservation in a changing world
BMC Zoology recently attended the Benelux Congress of Zoology which was held in December 2016 at Antwerp University and Antwerp… Read more »