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Tag Archives: apicomplexan
Jumping species: how good intentions spread diseases
Ian Le Guillou at Understanding Animal Research (UAR) tells us how infectious diseases jump between species. These jumps often happen because of things that humans do. Sometimes, the disease jumps to us. Diseases that can infect humans and also other … Continue reading
Posted in ecology, human health, knowledge transfer
Tagged alien species, amphibian, apicomplexan, arthropod, bacterium, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, crop, disease, emerging disease, fungus, human, lab animal, laboratory, mammal, naturalised species, parasite, pathogen, pest, plant_dicot, plant_gymnosperm, plant_monocot, protozoan, Toxoplasma gondii, tree, vertebrate, zoonosis
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World Mosquito Day – a Wellcome Perspective
argylesock says… I’m a day late with this reblog. How many more people have died of malaria in that day?
Posted in human health
Tagged apicomplexan, arthropod, dipteran, disease, history, human, insect, insecticide, insecticide resistance, malaria, mosquito, parasite, pest, pesticide, pesticide resistance, research, tropical disease, vector
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Mapping Malaria
Posted in human health
Tagged apicomplexan, arthropod, child, data, dipteran, disease, human, insect, insecticide, malaria, mosquito, parasite, pest, pesticide, technology, tropical disease, vector
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New Mapping Tool Tracks Insecticide Resistance In Malaria Carrying Mosquitoes
argylesock says… When I blog about human populations growing, it’s too easy for us in the rich world to assume that birth control can fix that. But it’s not so easy when you know that your kids will face a … Continue reading
Posted in human health
Tagged academia, Anopheles, apicomplexan, arthropod, child, contraception, data, dipteran, disease, drug resistance, evolution, human, insect, insecticide, insecticide resistance, malaria, mosquito, pest, pesticide, pesticide resistance, population, technology, vector
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Where to spend for malaria? Global Health Trials look for the answers
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Tagged apicomplexan, disease, finance, malaria, parasite, research, tropical disease, vaccine
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Wellcome Image of the Month: Malaria
argylesock says… Malaria continues to be one of the world’s great killers.
Posted in human health
Tagged apicomplexan, art, arthropod, dipteran, disease, human, insect, malaria, mosquito, parasite, tropical disease, vector
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Living With Insect Spray
Originally posted on Living With Insects Blog:
Large numbers of American military personnel were deployed in the tropics of the Pacific during World War II. Tropical mosquito borne diseases such as Malaria and Dengue are prevalent in these areas. During…
Posted in human health
Tagged Aedes aegypti, Anopheles, apicomplexan, arthropod, dengue, dipteran, disease, history, human, insect, insecticide, malaria, mosquito, neglected disease, parasite, pesticide, technology, tropical disease, vector, virus
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You don’t want Toxoplasma
You don’t want Toxoplasma. I’ve been asked many times about the risks and the risk factors. There are a lot of wrong assumptions about, and a lot of wrong advice, but today I see that the Food Standards Agency is … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, human health
Tagged academia, apicomplexan, cat, child, disease, farm, finance, human, meat, parasite, pig, research, sheep, Toxoplasma gondii, woman, zoonosis
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