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Highlights of the BMC Series – October 2023
What are the perceptions of Black and Minoritised ethnic occupational therapists on mentoring? How do genetic factors contribute to the gigantism… Read more »
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Vampires exist…in the viral world at least
This past Halloween, in what could be described as timely coincidence, Tagide deCarvalho and colleagues published their study… Read more »
AlertaChirimacha: Tracking Kissing Bugs Byte by Byte
With the success of kissing bug control programmes, monitoring these vectors of Chagas disease is becoming more and more… Read more »
Horizontal gene transfer explains the origin of parasite molecules that manipulate host behaviour.
Mantids infected with horsehair worms exhibit dramatic changes in behaviour linked to the production of parasite manipulation… Read more »
How AI can help you count your (mosquito) eggs before they hatch
A new tool for counting mosquito eggs developed by Javed et al. shows the potential applications AI can have in parasitology… Read more »
sNailed it: Unlocking the potential of citizen science to control and prevent snail-borne diseases
A groundbreaking approach, the ATRAP project - Action Towards Reducing Aquatic snail-borne Parasitic diseases - uses a Citizen… Read more »
Highlights of the BMC Series – September 2023
Where does the extinct Chinese woolly rhinoceros come from? How can we combat multi-resistant gram-negative bacteria ? What is… Read more »
Target-based discovery of a broad-spectrum flukicide: safegaurding the future of antihelmintic chemotherapy
The development of novel, broad-spectrum antihelmintics is a major priority for ensuring the future of effective chemotheraptuic… Read more »
Parasites, vectors and vector-borne diseases in the news
Krisztian Magori shares some of the news items he picked up recently about the WHO recommendation of new malaria and dengue… Read more »