With mosquito species adapting to feed outdoors, limiting the effectiveness of malaria prevention techniques like bed nets, there is a critical need… Read more »
A recent study in Guangzhou, China provides a comprehensive overview of Aedes albopictus and insecticide resistance
In Part 1 of this three-part post, we focused on heartworm basics. Here and in part 2, we move on to the latest information… Read more »
In conjunction with publication of the Proceedings of the 15th American Heartworm Society Triennial Symposium in Parasites &… Read more »
Current vector control strategies involving LLINs and IRS are effective against malaria transmitting mosquitoes. However, the rise… Read more »
It is that time of year for some buzz about Zika, in terms of public awareness about risk of infection, prevention, control, and… Read more »
Could a new anti-saliva vaccine protect against multiple mosquito-borne diseases? The Phase I clinical trials have just begun...
On Friday, August 19, 2016, following the detection of local transmission of Zika virus on Miami Beach, the US CDC has suggested… Read more »
Heterogeneity in malaria transmission is important to understand during elimination programmes, but the factors that lead to… Read more »
Kelly and co-authors detected terpenes in the headspace gas that they sampled over cultures of P. falciparum.
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