Wolbachia to the rescue – reducing dengue just like a COVID-19 vaccine
Krisztian Magori (@BiteOfAMosquito) provides an update on the most recent developments in the use of Wolbachia in reducing dengue infections in Indonesia, with… Read more »
Krisztian Magori
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)
- City lights might make Culex mosquitoes weaker over the summer but extend West Nile virus transmission risk in the fall - 3rd February 2023
- Good news in the fight against vector-borne diseases - 9th December 2022
- Australia facing another summer of potential Japanese Encephalitis cases - 21st October 2022
Improving disease ecology education for the future
Krisztian Magori summarizes the improvements that the COVID-19 pandemic has brought to the Disease Ecology Senior Capstone class he teaches every Spring quarter… Read more »
Novel R21 vaccine provides hope to save children from malaria in Africa, but more work needs to be done
Krisztian Magori reports on the exciting new results of a phase II clinical trial of the R21 malaria vaccine, which shows safety and high levels of efficacy,… Read more »
Uncovering the secrets of the ecology of a rare tick-borne pathogen, Borellia miyamotoi, in New York State
In this post, Krisztian Magori summarizes the results of a recently published, long-term study on the ecology of a rare tick-borne pathogen, Borrelia miyamotoi,… Read more »
Good Riddance, 2020! Roll up your sleeves for 2021!
Krisztian Magori proclaims "Good Riddance" to 2020 as he tries to put into perspective all that happened, how Bugbitten weathered it all, and a look towards the… Read more »
Sad summer for West Nile virus in Europe and North America (but good for us)
In this tragical year of 2020, Krisztian Magori highlights how we might just have gotten lucky with mosquitoes and West Nile virus in North America and Europe.
One size does not fit all: different vector-borne diseases impacted differently by climate change
Krisztian Magori reviews two recent papers on the differential impact of increasing temperatures due to climate change, reducing the survival of tsetse flies in… Read more »
Teaching disease ecology – in the time of COVID-19
In this year's update to his annual post, Krisztian Magori reflects on his experience teaching his disease ecology class at EWU under a stay-at-home order and… Read more »
Rodent rendezvous increases tick density but does it impact pathogen transmission?
Krisztian Magori and his MSc student Ben Thompson summarize a new study experimentally demonstrating the connection between rodent and tick densities, as well… Read more »
Mangy Mites Mess up the Mammalian Microbiome
Krisztian Magori (@BiteOfAMosquito) summarizes a recently published paper in Parasites & Vectors on how sarcoptic mange mites effect the skin microbiome of… Read more »