Chagas disease is caused by a parasite carried by kissing bugs. Traditionally, these bugs were found mostly in rural areas, but they are finding ways to live and thrive in urban environments, bringing the disease with them. A new blog post by Christina Faust blogs.biomedcentral.com/bugbitten/2020…

Latest blog from Daniel Parsons - A promising new avenue for anti-apicomplexan drug discovery blogs.biomedcentral.com/bugbitten/2020… #malaria

Our latest blog - Dengue and COVID-19: Chaotic Potential? written by guest blogger Catherine Dominic Gopaul blogs.biomedcentral.com/bugbitten/2020…

The #malaria parasite undergoes cycles of replication with red blood cells that follow circadian rhythms. Recent work has examined the source of the signal that drives these cycles. Read the new blog post by Hilary Hurd blogs.biomedcentral.com/bugbitten/2020…

blogs.biomedcentral.com/bugbitten/2020… highlights the intestinal schistosomiasis outbreak ongoing in Malawi, available on BMC’s parasites and vectors blog bugbitten Thanks @SciAnouk for the platform, and the LSTM team... Russell Stothard Dr Sekeleghe Kayuni J La Course د.محمد البشري Dr. Mohammad H. Al daiane

As we seem to hear only about COVID19, it’s easy to forget about other diseases that have had far more impact on the human population - such as dengue. In the last weeks, dengue has made the news for several reasons... A new post ⁦Srimathy Sriskanth⁩ blogs.biomedcentral.com/bugbitten/2020…

Congratulations Professor David Rollinson for the exceptional achievements and leadership!

A recent study shows how disruption of the mosquito doublesex gene affects the courtship songs produced by females. Read more in the new blog post by Hilary Hurd blogs.biomedcentral.com/bugbitten/2020…

The International Alliance for the Control of Scabies (IACS) developed a detailed description of diagnostic criteria for scabies. This criteria was recently validated in a community study in Liberia. Read the new blog post by Cara Macfarlane blogs.biomedcentral.com/bugbitten/2020…

By testing odors associated with malaria infection, researchers found that a specific odor-blend, when augmented with human body odor, is attractive to anopheline mosquitoes and could be used as a complementary vector control tool. Read the new blog post: blogs.biomedcentral.com/bugbitten/2020…

This is the first time that Anopheles coustani is found to be a major local malaria vector in Madagascar. Read more in this week's blog post by Jessy Goupeyou-Youmsi @goupeyou_youmsi & Catherine Bourgouin blogs.biomedcentral.com/bugbitten/2020…

First in a series on NTD control to be published in BugBitten on forthcoming Tuesday

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Do #zebras have stripes to confuse blood-sucking (Bloodsucking Parasites) #insect #pests? Read about the fascinating experiments done at the School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol (University of Bristol Biological Sciences) - doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2…

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The success of #schistosomiasis control is dependent on high treatment coverage AND compliance. New LondonNTDResearch explores why compliance may be a better indicator of how well MDA is implemented. Read more in bugbitten #beatNTDs bit.ly/33U2Le8

Questing tick abundance in urban and peri-urban parks in the French city of Lyon parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

The newest blog post of the bugbitten series featuring new articles of the LondonNTDResearch collection is out now! Read about a case study from Niger exploring treatment options for the second most prevalent tropical disease in Africa after malaria. bit.ly/378dZOh

An investigation into #schistosome digestive tract development reveals that the oesophageal gland could be a key organ for host immune system evasion and a site of substantial host-parasite interactions. A new blog post by Dr Daniel Parsons blogs.biomedcentral.com/bugbitten/2020…

In a bugbitten blog, Matt Rogers discusses a new mode of binding that explains how Leishmania can exploit almost any sand fly in the world as a vector. bit.ly/3bNie3x