Schistosomiasis: A public health problem in need of a One Health reframing
When assessing the worldwide impact of parasitic diseases, schistosomiasis is second only to malaria. In fact, in 2021, large-scale (preventive)… Read more »
When assessing the worldwide impact of parasitic diseases, schistosomiasis is second only to malaria. In fact, in 2021, large-scale (preventive)… Read more »
With the success of kissing bug control programmes, monitoring these vectors of Chagas disease is becoming more and more difficult. New work in Peru… Read more »
Of the eight morphologically identical but genetically distinct G. duodenalis assemblages A-H, almost all human infections are… Read more »
Parasites have evolved various strategies for finding a host. For hyperparasitoids that use a host hidden inside its own host this… Read more »
Development of a duplex tetra-primer amplification refractory mutation system polymerase chain reaction (T-ARMS-PCR) assay enables… Read more »
Revisiting older scientific publications is always important to ensure foundational knowledge is secure, which is why Andrea Adden… Read more »
The World Malaria Report, published by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2022, reported that malaria still causes over… Read more »
Surveillance and monitoring of the prevalence and distribution of zoonotic pathogens is crucial in improving our awareness of… Read more »
Pollution of our waters with plastic debris has been a major focus of how humans are putting pressure on our ecosystems. Research… Read more »
Vector-borne diseases (VBDs), caused by parasites, bacteria and viruses, constitute over 17% of all infectious diseases, and are… Read more »