Enjoying #ECCMID2023? Ever wondered about the journey of specimens for EQA in Parasitology? If yes- please come and visit my electronic poster P3094 (Poster session: Parasitic diseases & global health). On display today and available online. ESGCP_ClinicalParasitology UK NEQAS Microbiology @Tropdoc

Come see my poster today on evaluation of 3 different primer pairs and 2 different master mix solutions, with the aim of establishing a quantitative LAMP in leishmania diagnosis.

A really intersting poster about #Leishmania diagnosis by Hanne Brekke! Come and join us here. Poster no. P2027 #ECCMID2023 ESGCP_ClinicalParasitology

#ECCMID2023 Come visit me and my poster today at 12-1.30pm (P3038 sectorD, back right as you enter) to discuss the fascinating effect of TB & soil transmitted helminth co-infection on markers of pulmonary tissue destruction! Huge thanks to ESGCP_ClinicalParasitology for my attendance grant

So pleased to see ESGCP_ClinicalParasitology travel grant supporting Cristina Loader attendance, who presented her work at #ECCMID2023 today

Meet the ESGCP_ClinicalParasitology Executive Committee currently attending #ECCMID2023. From L to R: Caroline Ronnberg, Hanne Brekke, Francesca Tamorrazi and Theo Mank. Plus me attending virtually from India (pic in mobile phone). UK NEQAS Microbiology UK Health Security Agency

Podoconiosis is a neglected tropical disease (NTD) characterized by lower-leg swelling (lymphedema),which is caused by long-term exposure to irritant red-clay soils found within tropical volcanic high-altitude environments with heavy rainfall. #beatNTDs #WASH 📸 Internet

Now in press in 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙚: Monorchiids (Digenea, Trematoda) of fishes in the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico, with the description of three new species based on morphological and molecular data 🔜 parasite-journal.org

On #WorldMalariaDay we need continued investment and sustained political commitment for #malaria prevention and control. World Health Organization (WHO) theme “Time to deliver zero malaria: invest, innovate, implement” focuses on "implement" reaching marginalised populations who.int/campaigns/worl…

#MayoIDQ #IDBR In the "Battle of the Bugs" at ID Fellows Forum, this was asked under the category of "Fruits and Veggies." What is the answer?

For #WorldMalariaDay - our most cited papers on #malaria and #Plasmodium "The antimalarial ferroquine: from bench to clinic" 2011 - 166 citations in GoogleScholar doi.org/10.1051/parasi…

For #WorldMalariaDay - our most cited papers on #malaria and #Plasmodium "The redox status of malaria-infected erythrocytes: an overview with an emphasis on unresolved problems" 1994 - 126 citations in GoogleScholar doi.org/10.1051/parasi…

For #WorldMalariaDay - our most cited papers on #malaria and #Plasmodium "Challenges of drug-resistant malaria" 2014 - 158 citations in GoogleScholar doi.org/10.1051/parasi…

For #WorldMalariaDay - our most cited papers on #malaria and #Plasmodium "Plasmodium falciparum resistance to artemisinin-based combination therapies: A sword of Damocles in the path toward malaria elimination" 2018 - 137 citations in GoogleScholar doi.org/10.1051/parasi…

For #WorldMalariaDay - our most cited papers on #malaria and #Plasmodium D. Soldati-Favre - Molecular dissection of host cell invasion by the Apicomplexans: the glideosome 2008 - 72 citations in GoogleScholar doi.org/10.1051/parasi…

For #WorldMalariaDay - our most cited papers on #malaria and #Plasmodium "Activity of Ocimum basilicum, Ocimum canum, and Cymbopogon citratus essential oils against Plasmodium falciparum ..." 2014 - 64 citations in GoogleScholar doi.org/10.1051/parasi…

For #WorldMalariaDay - our most cited papers on #malaria and #Plasmodium "PCR-based methods to the diagnosis of imported malaria" 2008 - 72 citations in Google Scholar doi.org/10.1051/parasi…

As part of our #WorldMalariaDay activities, IVCC CEO Justin McBeath & Comms Manager, Dr. Laura Roberts, attended a reception to raise the profile of the ongoing fight against malaria and celebrate the incredible work being done by British-backed scientists working to #EndMalaria.

Today is #WorldMalariaDay! Did you know that half of the world is at risk for malaria? It is a preventable disease with the use of mosquito nets, repellants and use of prophylactic drugs while visiting endemic countries.

Today is #WorldMalariaDay! If you are a laboratory professional working on the diagnosis of malaria, check out the EQA schemes offered by UKNEQAS Parasitology.