Simon Mpooya shares findings on Schistosome induced liver pathology in Lake Albert fishermen community from a study that has been ongoing since 2016 where liver periportal fibrosis was evaluated in 6500 subjects. 🇺🇬 #schistoSymposium

It is estimated that about 56 million women #worldwide are affected by Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS), Hannah Rafferty discusses the prevalence of cervical dysplasia by visual inspection and acetic acid increase in Zambian women with FGS 🇺🇬 #schistoSymposium

This afternoon, secondary school students from Entebbe had the opportunity to tour laboratories UVRI and MRC/UVRI and LSHTM Uganda Research Unit and were taken through basic immunology procedures and safety precautions in the laboratories 🇺🇬 #SchistoSymposium

Yaaay go Emmanuella Driciru

First time I see a #haiku on our paper

Please RT: Are you an #African #researcher working on #eDNA and want to share your knowledge? I would love to start an African #eDNAnetwork promoting capacity building and technology development to increase #eDNA studies on our beautiful continent. DM me! bitly.ws/BVjK

The Jiangsu Institute of Parasitic Diseases 🇨🇳 is excited to invite participants from to learn from & understand China's policies, technologies & experience in the prevention & control of #schistosomiasis. 👩🏻‍🏫 16-29 May, online bit.ly/Jiangsu_SCH #BeatNTDs #Parasitology

Wonderful walk through Danish parasitology history by Kurt Buchman - a lot of flatworms 🪱♥️. 50 year anniversary og the Danish Society of #Parasitology

Amazing #citizenscience talk by ⁦Tine Huyse⁩ on the ATRAP project #schisto - for sure together we go further 🪱🪱

If you are a student from a LMIC you may be eligible for one of our 125th Anniversary Excellence #Scholarships lstmed.ac.uk Apply before 24 July 2023

The results from the single-sex female-only controlled human Schistosoma infection study are out and available below! 🪱 #schistosomiasis #NTDs thelancet.com/journals/ebiom…

Check out the first paper from team Meera Nair in our Women in Parasitology series 🪱🪱🪱🪱🧫🐭 worms, Relma and tissue repair. Congrats Stefanie! And 🫶to the Andrews for reviewing! frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

📢DEADLINE EXTENDED: 2 positions available in Dar es Salaam Ifakara Health Institute is seeking qualified individuals to fill the Senior Research Scientist positions within the Malaria Atlas Project (MAP) East Africa (EA) Node team. The position is open to African nationals. 📌 Apply

It appears #NIAID will shutter the genome data base we all use daily. This strikes me as a significant mistake that may well endanger much of our global progress. British Society for Parasitology Aust Soc for Para ASTMH Trends in Parasitology ASP-Parasitologists parasitesrule PEERs in Parasitology (PiP)

Preprint aleeeert. Curious about how to differentiate genital Mycoplasma genitalium from the respiratory cousin, M. pneumonia? Check out: Detection of human IgG antibodies against Mycoplasma genitalium using a recombinant MG075 antigen medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

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