Sandfly love songs leading to speciation
Variations in the copulation songs that male sandflies sing to their mates determines whether or not insemination is successful
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)
- Liver stage malaria parasites: does it matter where they are located? - 25th November 2022
- A new understanding of old pandemics - 14th October 2022
- A new perspective on nuptial gifts from male mosquitoes - 5th August 2022
Smart phones assist parasite diagnosis
The mobile phone has rapidly morphed into a device with multiple uses and is set to become a useful tool for the diagnosis of parasitic diseases.
Getting to the bottom of resistance to artemisinin antimalarials
New advances in the understanding of the biochemical targets of artemisinin anti-malaria therapy and the development of artemisinin resistance have been made… Read more »
Mosquito sex and infection: benefits and costs
Mosquitoes have been called the most dangerous animals in the world because of their role in the transmission of so many deadly diseases. An understanding of… Read more »
News of Neglected Tropical Diseases
What are neglected tropical diseases (NTDs)? Mathew Baylis gives his definition at the annual ISNTD Bites meeting held in London this month. “I see it as… Read more »
Rats are exonerated as reservoir hosts for the Black Death
Most British school children are familiar with the story of the Black Death and subsequent plague epidemics that decimated the population of Europe in the… Read more »
Shortened lifespan: a legacy of malaria infection
Chronic low-level malaria infection has been shown to affect the Darwinian fitness of great reed warblers by shortening their life span, and that of their… Read more »
Thorny-headed worms make shrimps lose their sense to smell fish predators
Shrimps infected with thorny-headed worms lose their ability to smell the presence of predatory fish or injured shrimps and to perform anti-predator behavior.… Read more »
An exit strategy for Toxoplasma
Unicellular parasites that reside and multiply inside the cells of their hosts must be adapted to penetrate the host cell without killing it and then to escape… Read more »
Zombie ants have been manipulated by secretions from a killer fungus
The world of parasites that manipulate the behaviours of their host became even more fascinating this September. A paper published by Charissa de Bekker and… Read more »