Researchers, incl. Fogarty grantees Caroline Glidden & Erin Mordecai (Stanford University) and Andrew MacDonald (UC Santa Barbara), used cumulative pressure mapping & machine learning to better understand how vector-borne diseases respond to the human footprint: nature.com/articles/s4189…

New NatureSustainability study shows how human pressures on the environment exacerbate vector-borne disease – from Eloise Skinner, Caroline Glidden, Andrew Macdonald, Erin Mordecai from Stanford University UC Santa Barbara Griffith University doi.org/10.1038/s41893… Eloise Skinner Caroline Glidden (she / her) Erin Mordecai

Evidence of mosquito-borne Japanese encephalitis virus activity has been detected for the first time in Western Australia with two feral pigs in a remote area of the northern Kimberley testing positive to previous infection health.wa.gov.au/Media-releases… via @WAHealth 🦟

Congrats Kevin for passing your PhD confirmation with flying colours! Looking forward to watching your research on JEV vectors take flight! Superb card by @epi_brent and Cinthia Pietromonaco 🦟

Nodded my head all the way through this paper by Michael Walsh Dr Cameron Webb Victoria Brookes You too should dive into the findings that water presence in, and movement through, landscape patches was associated with JEV outbreaks in Australian piggeries! sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Excited to announce our seed funded project w. @HIHngo; working to reduce deforestation & improve human health in the Amazon! Did you know for every 1km of deforestation = >6 new malaria cases? This work lays foundations to measure interventions while prioritising community needs

A new #GlobalHealth Seed Grant, co-funded with Stanford Woods Institute, aims to measure community-centered solutions for better human health and forest conservation in the Amazon rainforest. @HIHNGO Eloise Skinner Erin Mordecai Nina Finley globalhealth.stanford.edu/research/annou…

Climate change & human activity are enabling the spread of mosquito-born diseases 🦟, like dengue fever. Stanford infectious disease experts and disease ecologists discuss what we know + how communities can protect themselves from changing disease threats: stanford.io/47tGe6P

Can you spot the difference? Dr Bryan Lessard can! Fascinating work on the taxonomy of Cx. annulirostris and his hunt for the original type specimen #mcaa2023

Mosquitoes don't make good mountaineers. Genetic research from Nigel Beebe et al, found gene flow down the east coast for Cx. annulirostris, but not west over the Great Diving Range #mcaa2023

So many strategies for vector control are reactive, e.g. spraying when there are lots of mosquitoes, if we can be more proactive we might have a better chance of keeping population abundance low #mcaa2023

It’s always a pleasure to hear from my supervisor Andrew van den Hurk and all of his great work and knowledge. Thank you #mcaa2023 for putting together so many great speakers.

Fantastic presentation by Kirsty Richards. Sunpork (and Aus Pork industry) and #mcaa2023 working to build One Health connections and collaborations.

Understanding the roles of animals (esp wildlife) in transmission cycles of mosquito-borne pathogens critical to determine risk (and inform surveillance and management programs) - great presentation from Eloise Skinner #mcaa2023 🦟

Not all hosts are equal - they have different roles, space and time, but #mosquitoes 🦟 may hold the key for closing knowledge gaps. An inspiring talk at #MCAA2023 from Eloise Skinner who makes meaningful research to contribute to our understanding in arboviral diseases.

Flow of water through a landscape was an important feature for JEV outbreaks in piggeries Michael Walsh #mcaa2023

When you think of dengue you wouldn't think of Sydney, but as Dr Cameron Webb points out it was there once. He highlights that it's important to have a strategic response plan for exotic mosquito incursions in the future. The NSW team is on it! #mcaa2023

Joelyn Goi shared results from screening ~30,000 mosquitoes from 4 provinces in PNG for seven viruses! Positive detections of JEV and Kokobera virus were found. This can help us understand transmission pathways #mcaa2023

We need more sequencing! Australian arboviruses have not been well sequenced, even the most common and widely distributed (& my personal favourite), Ross River virus. Limited sequencing = limited understanding, especially on transmission cycles. Carla Júlia Vieira

Kevin Kevin Thabo Moore did a great job introducing his bloodmeal project to #mcaa2023. He's using multiple methods across multiple sites to collect bloodfeds and hoping to work with others on the challenge. Get in touch if you have mossies!