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Rags, riches and resistance – the story of mining and malaria

Srimathy Sriskantharajah

Srimathy Sriskantharajah

Srimathy Sriskantharajah completed a BSc in Microbiology (UCL) and a PhD in environmental microbiology/ atmospheric chemistry (Royal Holloway University of London) before joining BioMed Central. Srimathy blogs about microbiology, infectious diseases and the environment amongst other things.

Srimathy is the Executive Publisher for Parasites & Vectors, Malaria Journal and other microbiology/ infectious diseases journals at BioMed Central.
Srimathy Sriskantharajah

Gold and gem mining is a lucrative business which attracts people from far and wide hoping to make their fortunes (or just enough money to feed their… Read more »