Saving squirrel monkeys from fatal toxoplasmosis: a promising new vaccine
A study reports on a promising vaccine candidate for toxoplasmosis to protect highly susceptible squirrel monkeys in parks and zoos.
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Krisztian Magori recommends a recent review paper on what we know about the impact of climate change on West Nile virus transmission, and all the things we still… Read more »
Locating a host hidden inside another host
Parasites have evolved various strategies for finding a host. For hyperparasitoids that use a host hidden inside its own host this poses a particular problem. New… Read more »
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Researchers use socioeconomic and ecosystem degradation variables to improve the predictive accuracy of disease risk models for… Read more »
Under our feet…soil bacterium highly virulent against malaria mosquito
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The power of learning and finding community among One Health professionals
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