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malariajournal.bsky.social @malariajournal.bsky.social · 1d

Global Change, Pest Invasions, and Migration: Challenges for Rural Communities.

📅 Friday, October 17th, 2025
⏰ 13:00 PM CET | 14:00 PM GMT+1 | 09:00 AM EST
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The event will feature presentations by Antonio Biondi and Dr Samira Abuelgasim Mohamed

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bugbittentweets.bsky.social @bugbittentweets.bsky.social · Aug 29

this week on BugBitten - Daniel Parsons writes about the Molecular compatibility of #malaria parasites in #mosquito vectors - discussing a paper in Nature Communications @natureportfolio.nature.com
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Molecular compatibility of malaria parasites in mosquito vectors

Malaria parasites use a protein called P47 to survive inside mosquito vectors and evade their immune defences. By adapting P47 to local vectors, they ensure compatability and transmission, making P47 ...

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Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO) @iddonews.bsky.social · Aug 29

🎥 Our Director Prof Philippe Guerin talks about the devastating impact of #NTD #noma and highlights urgent research gaps revealed in a new global study.
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#GlobalHealth #NeglectedDiseases #HealthEquity
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Prof Philippe Guerin talks about the global action needed to tackle noma disease

Noma is a devastating disease — yet far too little is known about it. A new study reveals just how serious the gaps in knowledge are; with limited information on the cause, how it develops, the…

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bugbittentweets.bsky.social @bugbittentweets.bsky.social · Jul 11

Mosquitoes are NOT vectors of Lyme disease virus - a study in Parasites & Vectors has proven through experimental work that mosquitoes are not vectors of the virus that causes Lyme disease

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The Vector Verdict: Mosquitoes Acquitted!

Lyme disease is a tick-borne disease prevalent across Europe and the US. Many patients however, do not recall a tick bite, leaving people wondering whether other arthropods like mosquitoes could be ve...

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bugbittentweets.bsky.social @bugbittentweets.bsky.social · Jun 27

Can the microbiome of soils be shaped 'by vaccinating the soil' to protect against pathogenic nematode? #worldmicrobiomeday

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Guardians of the earth: can the soil be ‘vaccinated’ to protect against nematode pathogens?

Adding nematode collagen and chitin to soils could shape the microbiome, selecting for those microbes with the ability to fight these pathogen

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Priya Shah @whatthefugacity.bsky.social · Jun 23

Yellow fever virus is re-emerging and expanding its range. We took a deep dive into its virus-host protein interactions, and uncovered strategies of replication and evolution for this understudied virus. Read more here!

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bugbittentweets.bsky.social @bugbittentweets.bsky.social · Jun 23

Our latest blog from BugBitten looks to the future - Empowering the next generation of biologists with One Health skills...
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Empowering the next generation of biologists with One Health skills and principles into an uncertain future

Krisztian Magori summarizes the One Health-related research projects that students in his Disease Ecology Senior Capstone class completed this Spring quarter, demonstrating their work ethic and profes...

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bugbittentweets.bsky.social @bugbittentweets.bsky.social · May 15

Schistosomiasis is one of the topics that will be discussed at MSF Scientific Days next week @msfsci.bsky.social read this recent paper from Parasites & Vectors on the discovery of 2 new antischistosomal compounds parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

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Microbiome @microbiomej.bsky.social · Mar 4

Bugbitten blog looking at Animal Microbiome paper -

The Bacterial and pathogenic landscape of African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) whole blood and serum from Kenya

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Hidden in the blood – can blood microbiomes flag potential disease outbreaks?

Many pathogens hide within wild animal populations, making it difficult to monitor, predict or prevent outbreaks of these infections in other animal or human populations. Recently, we learn that th...

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bugbittentweets.bsky.social @bugbittentweets.bsky.social · Mar 4

Our blog BugBitten has moved to the Springer Nature Research Communities platform. communities.springernature.com/badges/bugbi...

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