In a new study published in Nature, scientists have successfully developed genetically modified mosquitoes in Tanzania that ...

Research collaboration: Host - Vector – Parasite – environment interactions in neglected tropical diseases due to Trypanosomatids (InterTryp) is a research collaboration whose article contributions ...

A dog walks through a favela in Recife, Brazil. Many such poor urban areas in the country are hotbeds for visceral leishmaniasis. Diego Herculano / NurPhoto via Getty Images Brazil is home to some 52 ...

The raccoon and the raccoon dog are two non-indigenous animal species that have become established in Europe in the past decades. Their increasing abundance has not only made them the most common ...

Theileria, a tick-borne parasite impacting cattle, may be spreading across Kansas in more ways that originally believed. The ...

Aim: The global shipping fleet, the primary means of transporting goods among countries, also serves as a major dispersal mechanism for marine invasive species. To date, researchers have primarily ...

DAVIS, CALIF. DAVIS—Malaria researcher Win Surachetpong, a doctoral candidate at the University of California, Davis, is the 2009 winner of the William C. Reeves New Investigator Award, given to the ...

Vector-borne diseases cause roughly 700,000 deaths worldwide every year. Vectors can carry different types of pathogens, including viruses and bacteria. Tropical and subtropical regions report large ...

Ever the resourceful parasite, Leishmania co-opts a natural antibody from blood to breed. When Valenzuela analyzed the different sera, he noted that they all contained IgM natural antibodies (IgMn).

Raccoons and raccoon dogs are non-native species in Europe, being endemic to North America and the Far East, respectively. Both were introduced to northern Europe and have extended their range to the ...