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Public health entomologist working on malaria surveillance of malaria vector in Malawi, Sub-saharan Africa

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"We'll just terraform Mars," they insist, unable to terraform Earth, a planet that is already perfect except it's like 2ยฐ too warm.

10.05.2025 05:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6611    ๐Ÿ” 1969    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 59    ๐Ÿ“Œ 44
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Hybrid schistosome parasites lead to calls for new diagnostic methods The study, published in the CDCโ€™s Emerging Infectious Diseases, describes new cases of mixed intestinal and urogenital schistosomiasis in patients from Mangochi District, Malawi. Although the

A new study from LSTM reveals hybrid schistosome parasites infecting humans that may be being missed by standard, WHO-recommended urine tests.

Full story: lstm.ac/HybridSchistosomeTesting

07.05.2025 10:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

is this open to international applicants?

24.11.2024 10:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Could we eradicate Anopheles stephensi in Africa? This is the 5th webinar of the RAFT TechTalk series on: Emerging threats in a changing world,ย Aedes & Anopheles stephensi

๐Ÿ“ขIn case you missed the latest RAFT TechTalk entitled: "Could we eradicate #Anopheles stephensi ๐ŸฆŸ in #Africa?", you can watch it here: vimeo.com/1031858202
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22.11.2024 23:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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SC Johnson Guardianโ„ข spatial repellent shows one-year efficacy against wild pyrethroid-resistant Anopheles arabiensis, with similar blood-feeding inhibition efficacy to Mosquito Shieldโ„ข in a Tanzanian experimental hut trial. https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.21.24317755v1 Spatial repellents (SR) that passively emanate airborne concentrations of an active ingredient withi

SC Johnson Guardianโ„ข spatial repellent shows one-year efficacy against wild pyrethroid-resistant Anopheles arabiensis, with similar blood-feeding inhibition efficacy to Mosquito Shieldโ„ข in a Tanzanian experimental hut trial. https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.21.24317755v1

23.11.2024 05:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

interesting

24.11.2024 05:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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