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Tag: PARASITOLOGY
The disease pyramid: Environment, pathogen, individual and microbiome
The body’s own bacteria and viruses influence diseases in amphibians
Kissing bugs also find suitable climatic conditions in Europe
Frankfurt researchers use ecological niche modelling to project the distribution of Chagas disease vectors
Kissing bugs also find suitable climatic conditions in Europe
Frankfurt researchers use ecological niche modelling to project the distribution of Chagas disease vectors
Parasitic fungi keep harmful blue-green algae in check
When a lake is covered with green scums during a warm summer, cyanobacteria – often called blue-green algae – are usually involved. Mass development of such cyanobacteria is bad for water quality because they can deprive the water of oxygen…
Clocking in with malaria parasites
The parasites responsible for malaria seem to march to their own beat. The mystery behind the molecular basis of how these parasites synch their rhythm in replication to the host’s clock-driven rhythms has been solved. A new genetic analysis led…
Parasitic fungi keep harmful blue-green algae in check
When a lake is covered with green scums during a warm summer, cyanobacteria – often called blue-green algae – are usually involved. Mass development of such cyanobacteria is bad for water quality because they can deprive the water of oxygen…
Clocking in with malaria parasites
The parasites responsible for malaria seem to march to their own beat. The mystery behind the molecular basis of how these parasites synch their rhythm in replication to the host’s clock-driven rhythms has been solved. A new genetic analysis led…
Lizard legacy sheds new light on web of life
A special issue of Austral Ecology is celebrating the legacy of an internationally renowned ecologist, whose work launched a momentum to ensure the survival of his beloved lizards and gift new insights on ecosystems broad
High-protein diets help insects to fight against blood parasites
Scientists studying insects have identified a crucial biological mechanism responsible for increasing their survival against blood parasites
High-protein diets help insects to fight against blood parasites
Scientists studying insects have identified a crucial biological mechanism responsible for increasing their survival against blood parasites
Extracellular vesicles play an important role in the pathology of malaria vivax
A new study shows that these vesicles promote parasite adhesion to spleen cells
Bees grooming each other can boost colony immunity
Honeybees that specialise in grooming their nestmates (allogroomers) to ward off pests play a central role in the colony, finds a new UCL and University of Florence study. Allogroomer bees also appear to have stronger immune systems, possibly enabling them…
How a molecular alarm system in plants protects them from danger
Scientists show, at the molecular level, how oral secretions of the cotton leaf worm can trigger defense responses in a plant
Blood test as a potential new weapon in the fight to eliminate malaria
Development and validation of serological markers for detecting recent Plasmodium vivax infection
Honeybees: Pesticides disrupt nursing behavior and larval development
Unique long-term videos show the bee nursery in the hive
Honeybees: Pesticides disrupt nursing behavior and larval development
Unique long-term videos show the bee nursery in the hive
Parasitic wasp discovery offers chemical-free pest control for growers
A species of parasitic wasp discovered by chance could provide growers with a chemical-free way of controlling a major pest. Researchers made the discovery when the wasps appeared mysteriously in colonies of cabbage stem flea beetles (CSFB) they were studying…
First clinical trial with genetically modified malaria vaccine completed
In an innovative study, Radboudumc and LUMC jointly tested a candidate vaccine based on a genetically weakened malaria parasite. The results of this clinical trial, published in Science Translational Medicine , show that the vaccine is safe and elicits a…
First clinical trial with genetically modified malaria vaccine completed
In an innovative study, Radboudumc and LUMC jointly tested a candidate vaccine based on a genetically weakened malaria parasite. The results of this clinical trial, published in Science Translational Medicine , show that the vaccine is safe and elicits a…
Virus prevalence associated with habitat
Study of Caribbean lobsters sheds light on disease and fragile ecosystems
Emerging viral diseases causing serious issues in west Africa
Viruses causing illnesses, including adverse birth outcomes and death
Emerging viral diseases causing serious issues in west Africa
Viruses causing illnesses, including adverse birth outcomes and death
The malaria parasite P. vivax can remain in the spleen upon expression of certain proteins
This could represent an additional challenge for eliminating the parasite
New study by Clemson scientists could pave way to cure of global parasite
CLEMSON, South Carolina – Clemson University scientists have taken another step forward in their quest to find a cure for a notorious parasite that has infected more than 40 million Americans and many times that number around the world. A…
The malaria parasite P. vivax can remain in the spleen upon expression of certain proteins
This could represent an additional challenge for eliminating the parasite
New study by Clemson scientists could pave way to cure of global parasite
CLEMSON, South Carolina – Clemson University scientists have taken another step forward in their quest to find a cure for a notorious parasite that has infected more than 40 million Americans and many times that number around the world. A…
Malaria runs like clockwork; so does the parasite that causes the disease
Researchers discover source of parasite’s (P. falciparum) rhythmic life cycle
New evidence suggests malaria cycles are innate to the organism
Scientists from the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research joined partners at Duke University, Florida Atlantic University and Montana State University to publish a study providing clear evidence that malaria’s characteristic cycle of fever and chills is a result of…
Discovery of malaria parasite’s clock could pave way to new treatments
In the fight against malaria, time may now be on our side. The parasite that causes the disease has its own internal clock, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator Joseph Takahashi and colleagues report May 14, 2020, in the journal Science…
New evidence suggests malaria cycles are innate to the organism
Scientists from the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research joined partners at Duke University, Florida Atlantic University and Montana State University to publish a study providing clear evidence that malaria’s characteristic cycle of fever and chills is a result of…
Malaria parasite ticks to its own internal clock
Research could lead to new drugs against a disease that threatens half the world’s population
Malaria runs like clockwork; so does the parasite that causes the disease
Researchers discover source of parasite’s (P. falciparum) rhythmic life cycle
Discovery of malaria parasite’s clock could pave way to new treatments
In the fight against malaria, time may now be on our side. The parasite that causes the disease has its own internal clock, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator Joseph Takahashi and colleagues report May 14, 2020, in the journal Science…
Malaria parasite ticks to its own internal clock
Research could lead to new drugs against a disease that threatens half the world’s population
Molecular signatures can predict the efficacy of malaria vaccines
A new study reveals that it is possible to identify those individuals that will be protected by the vaccine before its administration
Molecular signatures can predict the efficacy of malaria vaccines
A new study reveals that it is possible to identify those individuals that will be protected by the vaccine before its administration
Malaria mosquitoes eliminated in lab by creating all-male populations
A modification that creates more male offspring was able to eliminate populations of malaria mosquitoes in lab experiments. A team led by Imperial College London spread a genetic modification that distorts the sex ratio through a population of caged Anopheles…
Malaria mosquitoes eliminated in lab by creating all-male populations
A modification that creates more male offspring was able to eliminate populations of malaria mosquitoes in lab experiments. A team led by Imperial College London spread a genetic modification that distorts the sex ratio through a population of caged Anopheles…
Blood test a potential new tool for controlling infections
A new technique could provide vital information about a community’s immunity to infectious diseases including malaria and COVID-19. The diagnostic test analyses a blood sample to reveal immune markers that indicate whether – and when – a person was exposed…
Blood test a potential new tool for controlling infections
A new technique could provide vital information about a community’s immunity to infectious diseases including malaria and COVID-19. The diagnostic test analyses a blood sample to reveal immune markers that indicate whether – and when – a person was exposed…
Outsmarting the enemy: Treefrogs rely on illusions to find a mate without being eaten
Treefrogs become easy targets for predators and parasites when they send mating calls, but they’re finding a way to fool their enemies with a little help from a wingman. Researchers at Purdue University have discovered that male treefrogs reduce their…
New freeze-resistant trichinella species discovered in wolverines
BELTSVILLE, MARYLAND, May 6, 2020–A new freeze-resistant Trichinella species has been discovered in wolverines by Agricultural Research Service scientists and their colleagues. Trichinella are parasites that cause the disease trichinosis (formally referred to as trichinellosis), which people can get by…
Outsmarting the enemy: Treefrogs rely on illusions to find a mate without being eaten
Treefrogs become easy targets for predators and parasites when they send mating calls, but they’re finding a way to fool their enemies with a little help from a wingman. Researchers at Purdue University have discovered that male treefrogs reduce their…
New freeze-resistant trichinella species discovered in wolverines
BELTSVILLE, MARYLAND, May 6, 2020–A new freeze-resistant Trichinella species has been discovered in wolverines by Agricultural Research Service scientists and their colleagues. Trichinella are parasites that cause the disease trichinosis (formally referred to as trichinellosis), which people can get by…
Verticillium wilt fungus killing millions of trees is actually an army of microorganisms
Verticillium wilt among olive trees is one of the most devastating diseases for olive trees and one of the main plant health problems in the olive sector. The disease is caused by a fungus called Verticillium dahliae that is in…
Verticillium wilt fungus killing millions of trees is actually an army of microorganisms
Verticillium wilt among olive trees is one of the most devastating diseases for olive trees and one of the main plant health problems in the olive sector. The disease is caused by a fungus called Verticillium dahliae that is in…
Predators help prey adapt to an uncertain future
What effect does extinction of species have on the evolution of surviving species? Evolutionary biologists have investigated this question by conducting a field experiment with a leaf galling fly and its predatory enemies. They found that losing its natural enemies…
Predators help prey adapt to an uncertain future
What effect does extinction of species have on the evolution of surviving species? Evolutionary biologists have investigated this question by conducting a field experiment with a leaf galling fly and its predatory enemies. They found that losing its natural enemies…
Emergence of deadly honey bee disease revealed
Honey bee colonies from across the UK are increasingly suffering from a viral disease, a new study has shown. Publishing their findings in the journal Nature Communications , the team led by Professor Giles Budge of Newcastle University, UK, found…