Bite of A Mosquito

My latest blog post about how much fun I had and things I learned at #ESA2024 in LA blogs.biomedcentral.com/bugbitten/2024…

You still have your family. You still have your friends. You still have your work. You still have your passions. You still have your diversions. You still have the capacity to feel joy, and the means of doing so. You still have your mind, which is and will always be yours alone. And you still have the ability, no matter how difficult it may seem, to choose to carry on with your life, and spend the one and only existence you will get for all eternity in as loving, fulfilling, and authentic a way as you possibly can.

A BugBitten blog post discusses a study in Zanzibar investigating the capacity and needs of primary health facilities in rural communities for schistosomiasis passive surveillance, as per WHO guideline for control and elimination of human schistosomiasis. blogs.biomedcentral.com/bugbitten/2024…

Still don't know what this bug would be. We got some SEM pictures with help from Jessie Allen. I wonder if anyone can recognize this creature. Thank you!

#Entomologists on Twitter/X, I need your help! I'm trying to ID this insect me and my students found on a Yuma myotis #bat in Eastern Washington. It doesn't look like a tick, or a bat bug, or a mite, or a bat fly. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!

This is amazingly funny, and surprisingly accurate! Enjoy! youtu.be/4rvZuvPzljw?si…

@vectorgen Why is that? Genuinely curious. I don't do labwork myself, but do review papers involving lab studies, so don't want to make a mistake.

Excellent new blog post on Culex pipiens in cities on @bugbittentweets by Daniel Parsons: blogs.biomedcentral.com/bugbitten/2024…

In my newest blog post on @bugbittentweets I review how recent and ongoing war and conflict increase infectious disease risk for civilian populations, the obligations of warring parties for their protection, and plead for mercy for them. Please read here: blogs.biomedcentral.com/bugbitten/2024…

Late morning biting behaviour of Anopheles funestus is a risk factor for transmission in schools in Siaya, western Kenya dlvr.it/SzXWR4

We love how @BiteOfAMosquito has captured the fantastic story of Colombia's fight against #dengue, told in six captivating acts on the blog network of @BioMedCentral. 👇Thread [1/8]👇

@katieanders99 @WMPColombia @WMPglobal I'm so happy you loved it! I hope I got the story right, and I am looking forward to what its future holds!

Loved this narrative retelling - in six acts! - of the story of @WMPColombia's #Wolbachia mosquito releases in 3 Colombian cities to protect communities from dengue, by @BiteOfAMosquito. @WMPglobal blogs.biomedcentral.com/bugbitten/2023…

CDC cautions travelers to Mexico about Rocky Mountain spotted fever - “the CDC said it has received reports of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in travelers to the U.S. from Baja California, though it was unclear how many people have been sickened.” nbcnews.com/health/health-…

Here's my new blog post on "A Mosquito’s Tale: Unveiling Wolbachia’s Impact in Colombia’s Fight Against Dengue" blogs.biomedcentral.com/bugbitten/2023… On @bugbittentweets Thank you @katieanders99 and @WMPglobal for finding and liking my post! And congratulations on the success of Wolbachia!

🗣️🗣️🗣️ Llegó el día!! Desde hoy están abiertas las inscripciones a nuestro #MOOC de @abiertaUGR de @CanalUGR sobre Mosquitos, enfermedades y cambio global en 👉🏻 abierta.ugr.es/course/view.ph… El curso cuenta con 5 módulos que vamos desgranando 👇🏻🧵 #gratuito #ECTS

Excited to announce the lineup for the 4th International virtual seminars on #arbovirus biology. Investigators will present their research on a range of topics, from differing career stages and perspectives. Help spread the word with a retweet! All welcome! Starts 19th Oct.

So very happy to finally share the work from my master’s! Check it out to see why zoos make excellent biosurveillance sites and to find out what mosquitoes in zoos are feeding on! academic.oup.com/jme/advance-ar…

It was really nice to be invited to talk about climate change, inequities, modeling and mosquitoes by NIAID ... I was thinking I got into all of this thanks to spending vacations with my uncle Nelson Sanabria (an ecologist at heart) ...

#DidYouKnow in 2021, there were 247 million new cases of #malaria? Find out more⤵️ #MosquitoCountdown #WorldMosquitoDay #endmalaria #malaria