Happy Birthday BugBitten
We are delighted to announce our first birthday. BugBitten was launched exactly a year ago today as a blog for the parasitology and vector-borne disease… Read more »
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.
Latest posts by Hilary Hurd (see all)
- Bad news for Guinea worms - 2nd February 2021
- Trapping sandflies using sex pheromones - 4th December 2020
- Mosquito transgenics and courtship songs - 23rd October 2020
Is a skin-penetrating nematode searching for you?
Worms that burrow into your skin are the stuff that nightmares are made of, yet approximately one billion people across the globe are infected with parasitic… Read more »
Swimmer's itch: sailors, fishermen and swimmers beware
For those in the northern hemisphere, summer holidays are upon us and with them comes the pleasure of taking part in fresh water sports. But beware, minuscule… Read more »
Malaria can make you more attractive to mosquitoes
Mosquitoes that transmit malaria are attracted to individuals by the profile of their body odour. Differences in odour profile make some people more attractive… Read more »
Progress towards elimination of neglected tropical diseases in Africa
One in 6 people worldwide are exposed to infection by a large group of parasitic or bacterial infections that disable, disfigure and debilitate, killing 500,000… Read more »
Butterflies behaving like cuckoos
The beautiful and rare Alcon Blue butterfly, Maculina alcon, has a surprising life cycle; for about nine months of the year it behaves like a cuckoo. It belongs… Read more »
Can cows protect against mosquito bites?
The use of livestock as bait to attract mosquitoes away from biting humans, and thus reduce malaria transmission, is an attractive proposition that has been… Read more »
Bumblebees in danger
Emerging infectious diseases in honey bees have now been shown to spillover into bumblebee populations and may contribute to the worrying global decline in… Read more »
Another step towards inhibiting malaria transmission to mosquitoes
A malaria ookinete ~ image from the Tewari lab The most vulnerable stage of any parasite’s life cycle is generally the point at which it moves from one host… Read more »
Will we see global eradication of the fiery serpent in 2014, or are there signs of the worm turning?
Smallpox, eradicated in 1980, still remains the only success story in mankind’s efforts to eliminate disease. In 1986, inspired by this success, the World… Read more »