Malaria can make you more attractive to mosquitoes
Mosquitoes that transmit malaria are attracted to individuals by the profile of their body odour. Differences in odour profile make some people more attractive…Read more »
Mosquitoes that transmit malaria are attracted to individuals by the profile of their body odour. Differences in odour profile make some people more attractive…Read more »
One in 6 people worldwide are exposed to infection by a large group of parasitic or bacterial infections that disable, disfigure and debilitate, killing 500,000…Read more »
The beautiful and rare Alcon Blue butterfly, Maculina alcon, has a surprising life cycle; for about nine months of the year it behaves like a cuckoo. It belongs…Read more »
The use of livestock as bait to attract mosquitoes away from biting humans, and thus reduce malaria transmission, is an attractive proposition that has been…Read more »
Emerging infectious diseases in honey bees have now been shown to spillover into bumblebee populations and may contribute to the worrying global decline in…Read more »
疟疾动合子~形象特瓦芮实验室most vulnerable stage of any parasite’s life cycle is generally the point at which it moves from one host…Read more »
Smallpox, eradicated in 1980, still remains the only success story in mankind’s efforts to eliminate disease. In 1986, inspired by this success, the World…Read more »
The recent Parasites and Vectors blog by Vera Unwin picked up on the attention given by the media to the encouraging announcements concerning the RTS,S malaria…Read more »
Over 1,300 cases of imported malaria have been reported in the UK annually for the past 10 years. A few of these unfortunate travellers have recently…Read more »