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 vaccines, bedbug infestations in… Read more »
Krisztian is the Assistant Professor of Biostatistics at the Department of Biology at Eastern Washington University. He is a disease ecologist, interested in the complex relationships between hosts, vectors, pathogens, and their biotic and abiotic environment. You can also follow his writing on https://kmagori.weebly.com.
Latest posts by Krisztian Magori (see all)
- Parasites, vectors and vector-borne diseases in the news - 13th October 2023
- A Tale of Two Conferences - 1st September 2023
- Teaching disease ecology in-person is fun again (but not without challenges)! - 14th July 2023
A Tale of Two Conferences
Krisztian Magori reports on two very different conferences he attended over the summer, and what he learned at them, both about pathogens and vectors, and also… Read more »
Teaching disease ecology in-person is fun again (but not without challenges)!
Krisztian Magori reports on the joys and challenges of teaching his Senior Capstone class in Disease Ecology in-person again for the first time since the… Read more »
Climate change increases overall West Nile virus transmission, but the story is complicated
Krisztian Magori recommends a recent review paper on what we know about the impact of climate change on West Nile virus transmission, and all the things we… Read more »
The power of learning and finding community among One Health professionals
Krisztian Magori, an Associate Professor at the Department of Biology at Eastern Washington University, reflects on the benefits of attending workshops to keep… Read more »
City lights might make Culex mosquitoes weaker over the summer but extend West Nile virus transmission risk in the fall
This week, Krisztian Magori discusses - with help from ChatGPT and DALL-E - recent studies on the impact of Artificial Light at Night or ALAN on diapausing and… Read more »
Good news in the fight against vector-borne diseases
Krisztian Magori practices gratitude for the good news on the development of scalable, self-limiting, genetic sexing version of genetically modified mosquitoes… Read more »
Australia facing another summer of potential Japanese Encephalitis cases
In this blog post, Krisztian Magori summarizes how Australia faces another summer of La Nina conditions, and a potential continuation of the Japanese… Read more »
Bill Gates suggests sensible technical steps to prevent the next pandemic
Krisztian Magori recommends the latest book by Bill Gates on "How to Prevent the Next Pandemic", as part of his blog series reviewing books on the COVID-19… Read more »
Flaviviruses make you smell like a perfume to attract blood-seeking Aedes mosquitoes, and you might be able to take a cheap, safe drug to stop them
Krisztian Magori reviews a recent study demonstrating that flaviviruses make mice (and people) produce more of the volatile acetophenone, which is also included… Read more »