The importance of community commitment to tsetse control
A tsetse control project conducted in Burkina Faso reveals the importance of the engagement of local communities.
Hilary Hurd
Editor at BugBitten
Hilary is Professor Emeritus of Parasitology at Keele University, UK, having retired at the end of 2013. Her research interests have revolved around parasites transmitted by insects and their interactions with their vectors. She was Director of the Centre for Applied Entomology and Parasitology at Keele for over ten years and served as President of the British Society for Parasitology.
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Are parasite-induced behavioural changes and sterility linked?
Parasitic infections can cause multiple changes to occur to their hosts. Are these changes all initiated by the same mechanism or are several causes involved?… Read more »
Vivax malaria: another key to red blood cell invasion
The parasites causing vivax malaria is known to preferentially invade immature red blood cells by attaching to Duffy antigens on the cell surface. An… Read more »
Where does West Nile virus go in winter?
Sporadic epidemics of West Nile Fever occur in Europe in the summer months when the mosquito vector of West Nile virus is biting. Do new introductions occur… Read more »
Multidrug resistant malaria could threaten recent control gains
Artemisinin and its derivatives are regarded as the most effective antimalaria drug available today. They are used as a standard treatment for malaria… Read more »
BugBitten celebrates its fourth birthday
On the occasion of BugBitten's fourth birthday: time to reflect
Mosquitoes and the biocontrol agent Wolbachia
Facilitated by increasing global mobility, urbanisation, climate change, and the development of insecticide resistance, populations of the yellow fever… Read more »
Bad news for rainbow trout
Researchers report that the common eye fluke can alter the anti-predator behaviour of its fish host in different ways depending upon whether it is immature or… Read more »
Does your sushi contain parasites?
The increase in the popularity of eating raw fish in sushi and sashimi dishes has been blamed for a parallel increase in cases of anisakiasis. This painful… Read more »
Males have higher parasite burdens than females. Can they cope?
The Pyrenean chamois has been used to investigate the consequences of the higher parasite burdens experienced by males compared with females.