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With the success of kissing bug control programmes, monitoring these vectors of Chagas disease is becoming more and more difficult. New work in Peru… Read more »
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Are giardiasis-related pathologies caused only by certain Giardia duodenalis assemblages: Molecular epidemiology and assemblage typing of giardiasis infections along the southern shoreline of Lake Malawi
Of the eight morphologically identical but genetically distinct G. duodenalis assemblages A-H, almost all human infections are caused by assemblages A… Read more »
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Locating a host hidden inside another host
Parasites have evolved various strategies for finding a host. For hyperparasitoids that use a host hidden inside its own host this… Read more »
Molecular detection of multiple schistosome species and their hybrids using a single PCR assay
Development of a duplex tetra-primer amplification refractory mutation system polymerase chain reaction (T-ARMS-PCR) assay enables… Read more »
A mother knows best: revisiting pheromones in tsetse larviposition
Revisiting older scientific publications is always important to ensure foundational knowledge is secure, which is why Andrea Adden… Read more »
The evolutionary arms race: mass drug use and malaria parasites
The World Malaria Report, published by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2022, reported that malaria still causes over… Read more »
Protecting our feline friends: Parasitic helminths of the European wildcat and spillover to domesticated cats in Germany
Surveillance and monitoring of the prevalence and distribution of zoonotic pathogens is crucial in improving our awareness of… Read more »
Terrestrial pathogens and microplastics: Hitchhiker’s guide to the ocean
Pollution of our waters with plastic debris has been a major focus of how humans are putting pressure on our ecosystems. Research… Read more »
Increasing tick-borne diseases: Better information and enhanced protection for outdoor workers
Vector-borne diseases (VBDs), caused by parasites, bacteria and viruses, constitute over 17% of all infectious diseases, and are… Read more »
For the love of dog(s): Current distribution of the ornate dog tick in the Czech Republic
Dermacentor reticulatus is a veterinary and medically important tick with an expanding geographic range, and as such, in-depth… Read more »
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