Hilary Hurd
@hilaryhurd
Professor Emeritus of Parasitology and Editorial Coordinator of BugBitten, a blog for the Parasite and Vector community
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Our latest blog - Dengue and COVID-19: Chaotic Potential? written by guest blogger Catherine Dominic 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 Anouk Gouvras 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…
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…
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 Jessy Goupeyou-Youmsi & Catherine Bourgouin blogs.biomedcentral.com/bugbitten/2020…
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…