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In our search to trick mosquitoes into no longer being attracted to humans, we discovered something completely unexpected. A 🧵 about our paper published today in Cell Reports. 1/25

#Leishmania #embroidery

WAAVP general guidelines for evaluation of anthelmintic efficacy published! This is a complete package: The general guidelines and then all the host-specific guidelines (Equine, Ruminant, Swine, Poultry, Companion Animals). And a reflection paper! doi.org/10.1016/j.vetp…

This week we have a series of posts from the wonderful women in Martin Nielsen's lab University of Kentucky. Stay tuned as we tell you all about their amazing work on parasites of horses! 🪱🐎💩👩‍🔬🧪🥼🔬

We are pleased to announce the return of Molecular Helminthology as an in-person conference in 2023! We look forward to seeing all of you in Madison next summer. Please save the date and share. #molhelm23 #parasites #NTDs

Our 100th woman is Dr. Pikka Jokelainen, the new President of World Federation of Parasitologists. Despite being the first female to hold the role, she asks that you don’t refer to her as the ‘female President’, as you would not have called her previous 14 colleagues ‘male Presidents’.

Lungworm infection can be confirmed by post-mortem or larvae can be detected in faecal samples. Serum and milk sample antibody ELISAs are also available. Talk to the vet about carrying out these tests and what the results mean for future treatment. #COWSAdvice

Very excited that our most recent work on widespread benzimidazole resistance in dog hookworms in the USA is now out on BioRxiv. We also report a very interesting finding on a novel resistance mutation in these populations. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Ivermectin for COVID-19: Final Nail in the Coffin medscape.com/viewarticle/98…

🪰🧬What’s the potential role of louse flies (keds) as pathogen vectors in Central Europe? We explored this in our new work “Molecular pathogen screening of louse flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) from domestic and wild ruminants in Austria”, out in P&V: rb.gy/4p8en⬇️

[2020] Molecular identification of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense in naturally infected pigs, dogs and small ruminants confirms domestic animals as potential reservoirs for sleeping sickness in Chad bit.ly/P20-63

Nice to end the academic year with a sticker from a final year student that shows that they know what Parasitology really means

Did you register for the "Infecting the Media" workshop at #ASP2023KC? Be sure to draft your short Media Release before the meeting. Bring your draft for an interactive workshop with local media professionals. More details here: aspmeetings.wixsite.com/2023/workshops…

A reminder that some nematodes can survive freezing/ thawing- including the parasitic ones we often find in fish tissues, e.g. larval Anisakids (which can cause anisakiasis in humans)

nature.com/articles/s4146…

Australia: Parasitical snake worm pulled from woman’s brain nzherald.co.nz/world/australi…

“Through the wormhole? Larvae’s all you need” public outreach event Darwin Thurs 7 Sept 630pm at #BustardTown #parasitesinDarwin #powerofparasites #2023ASP Michelle Power 🏳️‍🌈🦇 parasite.org.au/blog/through-t…

Rose Power Aust Soc for Para 👍Fantastic Rose! You have done Sydney Uni Vet Sci University of Sydney Sydney ID us proud! While this story 🪱❤️🐕🗺️is continuing, the foundation is now published in Int J Parasitol 🔥 off the press! Congrats Javi, Rose and Stephen Doyle doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpa…

This study investigated the behaviour of amphipods infected with the acanthocephalan Pseudocorynosoma enrietti. The researchers found that infected amphipods prefer brightly lit areas, where they can be more easily seen by potential predators cambridge.org/core/journals/…