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Here at @BSPparasitology, I will be live-tweeting today from the Veterinary Parasitology session at Appleton Hall 2 & from 11:30 am-13:00 PM, from the Protists 5 session: Genomics & Evolution at McEwan Hall! So I will retweet from parallel sessions! Beautiful #BSP2023 final day! 
Beginning #BSP2023 Day 4 and opening our Veterinary Parasitology session today, is Dr Lynsey Melville (taking over from Fiona Kenyon) of @MoredunComms who is telling us about "Making #roundworm data ewe-niversal for all". #parasitology
Dr Melville of @MoredunComms tells us about her research in monitoring the development of anthelmintic resistance in the treatment of gastrointestinal nematodes in sheep, particularly focusing on Nematodirus battus resistance to benzimidazoles: sciencedirect.com/science/articl… #BSP2023
Day 3 of #BSP2023 begins today with our @SPPIRITnetwork ECR session! SPPIRIT is an excellent ECR organisation for parasitologists working in Scotland, but all ECRs will benefit from the expertise today in publishing & attracting funding! #parasitology
Here are the talks for today's @SPPIRITnetwork ECR session at #BSP2023! A big thanks to @CambridgeUP who are here in person as sponsors (so visit their table!). They are publishers of the journal "Parasitology" & an original sponsor of the BSP! cambridge.org/core/journals/…
Our 1st talk at the #BSP2023 ECR session with @SPPIRITnetwork is from @StothardRuss, Parasitology Editor-In-Chief with tips on getting your manuscript 'in press'! There is also a webinar available with tips from @CambridgeUP at #parasitology
Welcome to Day 2 (first scientific sessions) of #BSP2023 at @EdinburghUni in beautiful McEwan Hall! You can register each morning at McEwan Hall & make sure to pick up your abstract book & lanyard! #parasitology
Here on Twitter, I will be tweeting from the first 2 plenary sessions at McEwan Hall, followed by sessions:
Protists 1: Development & Signalling
Protists 2: Parasite Interactions
and
Drugs, Vaccines, & Diagnostics
- I will retweet info from other parallel sessions! #BSP2023
Protists 1: Development & Signalling
Protists 2: Parasite Interactions
and
Drugs, Vaccines, & Diagnostics
- I will retweet info from other parallel sessions! #BSP2023
Our first Plenary session of #BSP2023 here at McEwan Hall is "A celebration of Gloria Rudenko within the saga of Antigenic Variation in Trypanosomes", delivered by Prof Keith Gull of @UniofOxford
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A 44-YO♂️, stayed in a rural cottage of France 2 weeks previously: cramping upper abdominal pain with watery diarrhea.
He had passed what he thought were worms in his feces
Eosinophilia
1/6
doi.org/10.1093/cid/ci…
#GITwitter #IDtwitter #microbiology
He had passed what he thought were worms in his feces
Eosinophilia
1/6
doi.org/10.1093/cid/ci…
#GITwitter #IDtwitter #microbiology
The specimens: identified as the larvae of the drone fly, Eristalis tenax
These larvae are 2.5–3 cm in length; the posterior tube gives them the name of “rat-tailed maggots”
INTESTINAL MYASIS CAUSED BY ERISTALIS TENAX LARVA
2/6
doi.org/10.1093/cid/ci…
#parasites #GIPath #Doctor
These larvae are 2.5–3 cm in length; the posterior tube gives them the name of “rat-tailed maggots”
INTESTINAL MYASIS CAUSED BY ERISTALIS TENAX LARVA
2/6
doi.org/10.1093/cid/ci…
#parasites #GIPath #Doctor
Myiasis caused by E. tenax:
✔️rare but have been
✔️reported from various countries including Europe
✔️most often intestinal myiasis, but cases of infestation of the nasal cavity, urinary tract, and vagina have been described.
3/6
#Doctor #MedStudentTwitter
✔️rare but have been
✔️reported from various countries including Europe
✔️most often intestinal myiasis, but cases of infestation of the nasal cavity, urinary tract, and vagina have been described.
3/6
#Doctor #MedStudentTwitter
A 57-YO Mexican♀️, works on a farm has several pets, including dogs, at home: epigastric fullness, and a 15-pound weight loss.
CT: complex cystic left liver mass.
1/5
doi.org/10.1093/cid/ci…
#gastroenterology #radiology #medicine
CT: complex cystic left liver mass.
1/5
doi.org/10.1093/cid/ci…
#gastroenterology #radiology #medicine
Resection: Cyst wall (red➡️), daughter cysts (*) normal liver tissue (yellow⬅️)
🔬acellular laminated wall (*), inner germinal layer (black⬅️), & protoscoleces surrounded by a broad capsule (green⬅️). Refractile hooklets (blue⬅️) & calcareous bodies (red⬅️)
2/5
#GIPath #IDtwitter
🔬acellular laminated wall (*), inner germinal layer (black⬅️), & protoscoleces surrounded by a broad capsule (green⬅️). Refractile hooklets (blue⬅️) & calcareous bodies (red⬅️)
2/5
#GIPath #IDtwitter
ECHINOCOCCAL CYST
The patient underwent total excision of the cyst followed by albendazole therapy for 4 weeks.
3/5
doi.org/10.1093/cid/ci…
#microbiology #GITwitter #MedStudentTwitter
The patient underwent total excision of the cyst followed by albendazole therapy for 4 weeks.
3/5
doi.org/10.1093/cid/ci…
#microbiology #GITwitter #MedStudentTwitter
A 17-YO: a 3-week of dizziness, headache, & weakness of the R leg
MR: ring-enhancing lesions in the frontal lobe & basal ganglia on the L side (A; T1-W) as well as surrounding edema & midline shift (B; T2-W)
1/6
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMicm2202196
#neurology #radiology #IDTwitter
MR: ring-enhancing lesions in the frontal lobe & basal ganglia on the L side (A; T1-W) as well as surrounding edema & midline shift (B; T2-W)
1/6
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMicm2202196
#neurology #radiology #IDTwitter
IgG ab for Echinococcus multilocularis & E. granulosus: ➖
Surgical excision🔬: necrotic tissue, granulomatous inflammation, echinococcal laminated membrane (C, arrow) & an intact cyst (D, arrow)
RT-PCR: ➕for E. multilocularis
2/6
#parasitology #Pathologists #pathology
Surgical excision🔬: necrotic tissue, granulomatous inflammation, echinococcal laminated membrane (C, arrow) & an intact cyst (D, arrow)
RT-PCR: ➕for E. multilocularis
2/6
#parasitology #Pathologists #pathology
CT imaging of the chest and abdomen did not show any other sites of disease.
CEREBRAL ALVEOLAR ECHINOCOCCOSIS
3/6
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMicm2202196
#microbiology #MedTwitter #Doctor
CEREBRAL ALVEOLAR ECHINOCOCCOSIS
3/6
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMicm2202196
#microbiology #MedTwitter #Doctor
A 14-yo ♂️ lived on a farm: a 1-month history of episodic headaches, vomiting, & papilledema
MR: a multiloculated cyst of the brain (A) with a hypointense rim and small projections in T2 phase (B, arrow)
1/5
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMicm2208104
#neurology #radiology #pediatric
MR: a multiloculated cyst of the brain (A) with a hypointense rim and small projections in T2 phase (B, arrow)
1/5
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMicm2208104
#neurology #radiology #pediatric
Findings suggestive of CYSTIC ECHINOCOCCOSIS.
CT of the body: no other sites of disease.
A craniotomy was performed, during which saline irrigation was used to separate the cyst wall from the brain to avoid rupture.
2/5
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMicm2208104
#IDtwitter #parasitology
CT of the body: no other sites of disease.
A craniotomy was performed, during which saline irrigation was used to separate the cyst wall from the brain to avoid rupture.
2/5
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMicm2208104
#IDtwitter #parasitology
🔬: an echinococcal laminated membrane lined by a germinal layer with daughter cysts (Panel D, arrows) and protoscolices (inset, arrows) with hooklets (arrowhead).
PRIMARY CEREBRAL CYSTIC ECHINOCOCCOSIS FROM ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS
3/5
#microbiology #Pathologists #pathology
PRIMARY CEREBRAL CYSTIC ECHINOCOCCOSIS FROM ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS
3/5
#microbiology #Pathologists #pathology
A 64-YO ♂️ from a rural community: pain, itching, bleeding in the L ear, & mobile larvae occluding the L external auditory canal
1/4
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMicm2005407
#primarycare #Otolaryngologist
1/4
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMicm2005407
#primarycare #Otolaryngologist
AURAL MYASIS
An ear aspirator, forceps, and irrigation with sterile water were used to remove the larvae
Perforation of the tympanic membrane was identified.
2/4
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMicm2005407
#healthcare #parasitology
An ear aspirator, forceps, and irrigation with sterile water were used to remove the larvae
Perforation of the tympanic membrane was identified.
2/4
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMicm2005407
#healthcare #parasitology
Aural myiasis:
📌infestation of the middle or external ear
📌by fly larvae of the order Diptera.
Risk factors:
✔️chronic otitis media,
✔️diabetes mellitus, and
✔️impaired hygiene.
3/4
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMicm2005407
#Otolaryngology #parasites
📌infestation of the middle or external ear
📌by fly larvae of the order Diptera.
Risk factors:
✔️chronic otitis media,
✔️diabetes mellitus, and
✔️impaired hygiene.
3/4
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMicm2005407
#Otolaryngology #parasites
A 32-YO♀️ from Guatemala, Ph+ B-ALL post #chemotherapy: #dyspnea
CT: ground-glass opacities (2A yellow box), interstitial pulmonary edema with septal thickening (2B yellow circles), & pericardial effusion (2C yellow arrows), lymph nodes (2D yellow arrows)
Eosinophilia
1/7
CT: ground-glass opacities (2A yellow box), interstitial pulmonary edema with septal thickening (2B yellow circles), & pericardial effusion (2C yellow arrows), lymph nodes (2D yellow arrows)
Eosinophilia
1/7
Due to normal ejection fraction, the differential diagnosis of dyspnea included non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema, pneumonitis secondary to chemotoxicity, and infection.
2/7
doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr…
#haematology #radiology #IDtwitter
2/7
doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr…
#haematology #radiology #IDtwitter
She progressed to acute hypoxic respiratory failure.
🔬bronchoalveolar lavage: numerous larvae (3A,3B) with short buccal grove (arrow head) and prominent genital primordium (arrow) consistent with STRONGYLOIDES HYPERINFECTION
3/7
#lungdisease #parasitology #Pathologists
🔬bronchoalveolar lavage: numerous larvae (3A,3B) with short buccal grove (arrow head) and prominent genital primordium (arrow) consistent with STRONGYLOIDES HYPERINFECTION
3/7
#lungdisease #parasitology #Pathologists
A 24-YO ♂️ 2 years prior bitten by an insect on his left mid-arm in Nicaraguan: within a week, developed a lesion at the site of the bite; over time increased in number and spread in multiple hyperkeratotic, wart-like papules.
1/8
doi.org/10.1093/cid/ci…
#IDtwitter #dermatology
1/8
doi.org/10.1093/cid/ci…
#IDtwitter #dermatology
Wet mount slide from cultures of biopsy using rabbit blood agar slant: aggregates of Leishmania promastigotes (arrow), which can be identified based on their elongated shape and flagella.
CUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASIS
2/8
doi.org/10.1093/cid/ci…
#parasitology #MedTwitter
CUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASIS
2/8
doi.org/10.1093/cid/ci…
#parasitology #MedTwitter
Biopsy cultures in “triple N” media, PCR and DNA sequencing: Leishmania panamensis.
He received a 10-day course of intravenous liposomal amphotericin B. His lesions slowly regressed over 3 months.
3/8
doi.org/10.1093/cid/ci…
#Doctor #microbiology
He received a 10-day course of intravenous liposomal amphotericin B. His lesions slowly regressed over 3 months.
3/8
doi.org/10.1093/cid/ci…
#Doctor #microbiology
A 6-YO Bedouin ♂️: a limp, headache, left facial nerve palsy, & left hemiparesis.
Blood eosinophil count of 890/μL.
MRI: a brain cyst.
1/8
DOI: doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.…
#neurology #pediatric #MedTwitter
Blood eosinophil count of 890/μL.
MRI: a brain cyst.
1/8
DOI: doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.…
#neurology #pediatric #MedTwitter
Abdominal ultrasound and chest radiography did not reveal additional cysts.
Blood serology (ELISA) for ECHINOCOCCOSIS: ➖
The brain cyst was fully removed surgically.
2/8
DOI: doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.…
#neuro #Pediatrics #surgery
Blood serology (ELISA) for ECHINOCOCCOSIS: ➖
The brain cyst was fully removed surgically.
2/8
DOI: doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.…
#neuro #Pediatrics #surgery
Histopathological examination of the brain cyst fluid showed several echinococcal larvae (C and D), confirming CYSTIC ECHOCOCCOSIS diagnosis.
Over the following 4 months, he was treated with albendazole without complications.
3/8
#parasitology #microbiology #IDtwitter
Over the following 4 months, he was treated with albendazole without complications.
3/8
#parasitology #microbiology #IDtwitter
A 65-YO man, from North African: asymptomatic dorsolumbar mass for 30 years with normal skin appearance.
MRI: ?
1/6
doi.org/10.1093/cid/ci…
#radiology #MedTwitter #parasitology
MRI: ?
1/6
doi.org/10.1093/cid/ci…
#radiology #MedTwitter #parasitology
MRI: a multivesicular cyst in the latissimus dorsi muscle (arrow)
🧪for Echinococcus granulosus: ELISA, & Western blot➕
Surgery: multiple daughter vesicles of E. granulosus, with the presence of multiple scolices
INTRAMUSCULAR HYDATID CYST
2/6
#parasites #medicine #radres
🧪for Echinococcus granulosus: ELISA, & Western blot➕
Surgery: multiple daughter vesicles of E. granulosus, with the presence of multiple scolices
INTRAMUSCULAR HYDATID CYST
2/6
#parasites #medicine #radres
No puncture should be performed, to avoid dissemination of the cysts that can cause an anaphylactic shock.
The patient received 3 other courses of albendazole: serologic control became negative after 1 year.
3/6
#IDtwitter #surgery
The patient received 3 other courses of albendazole: serologic control became negative after 1 year.
3/6
#IDtwitter #surgery
A 25-YO♂️ in Nigeria 2 years earlier: recurrent itchy swellings on his hands and forearms, appearing every week or so for the past few months.
What's in the #eye (A) & in the blood (B)?
1/4
doi.org/10.1016/S0140-…
#Ophthalmology #parasitology #microbiology
What's in the #eye (A) & in the blood (B)?
1/4
doi.org/10.1016/S0140-…
#Ophthalmology #parasitology #microbiology
Identification of:
📌an adult worm in the eye
📌the microfilariae on a blood smear
LOA LOA FILARIASIS is a skin and eye disease caused by the nematode worm Loa loa.
2/4
#parasites #MedEd #MedTwitter
📌an adult worm in the eye
📌the microfilariae on a blood smear
LOA LOA FILARIASIS is a skin and eye disease caused by the nematode worm Loa loa.
2/4
#parasites #MedEd #MedTwitter
Loa loa is one of three parasitic filarial nematodes that cause subcutaneous filariasis in humans.
The other two are Mansonella streptocerca and Onchocerca volvulus (causes river blindness).
3/4
#Doctor #MedStudentTwitter #oftalmologia
The other two are Mansonella streptocerca and Onchocerca volvulus (causes river blindness).
3/4
#Doctor #MedStudentTwitter #oftalmologia
A 17-MO♀️, Morocco: fever, pallor, epistaxis, gingival petechiae, lower limbsedema, & hepatosplenomegaly.
Pancytopenia, hypoalbunemia.
Triglyceridemia, ferritinemia, LDH & fibrinogen:⬆️
PT⬇️
Direct Coombs test:➕
🔬myelogram: ?
1/9
#parasitology #haematology #Pediatrics
Pancytopenia, hypoalbunemia.
Triglyceridemia, ferritinemia, LDH & fibrinogen:⬆️
PT⬇️
Direct Coombs test:➕
🔬myelogram: ?
1/9
#parasitology #haematology #Pediatrics
Myelogram revealed the presence of leishmania bodies and figures of hemophagocytosis.
VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS ASSOCIATED WITH MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION SYNDROME
2/9
doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr…
#Pathologists #microbiology #IDtwitter
VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS ASSOCIATED WITH MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION SYNDROME
2/9
doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr…
#Pathologists #microbiology #IDtwitter
The patient was put on liposomal amphotericin B and corticosteroid therapy with good clinical and biological evolution.
3/9
#MedTwitter #Doctor
3/9
#MedTwitter #Doctor
Fieldwork- I’ll cover some of my work into the causes of unexplained lamb losses. During 2021 and 2022 I followed lamb health issues on two farms, a croft and @SRUC’s Auchtertyre farm, which have all experienced blackloss. This gave me 12 flocks to study across the holdings. 1/17
I visited the farms and croft when they were gathering their flocks in for checks and treatments at scanning, pre-lambing, marking, clipping and weaning. Most flocks lamb on the open hill, and so marking would be the first lamb check. 2/17
I assessed the lambs for any health issues to gauge what pressures and threats are present in each flock. Lambs were checked for ticks, dirty rears, and infections. Lambs with plochteach/yellowses were scored on the severity of their photosynthesisation and treated. 3/17
A 49-YO man “looking through branches in a tree.”: decreased vision in his L eye.
Fundus: linear and arcuate disturbances in the retina (A).
What´s in the vitreous?!! (B)
1/4
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMicm075735
#parasitology #OJO #Ophthalmology
Fundus: linear and arcuate disturbances in the retina (A).
What´s in the vitreous?!! (B)
1/4
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMicm075735
#parasitology #OJO #Ophthalmology
A fly larva was initially observed in the macula and after 4 days of treatment with thiabendazole, a segmented fly larva in the vitreous (B).
OCULAR MYIASIS
2/4
#oftalmologia #parasites #eye
OCULAR MYIASIS
2/4
#oftalmologia #parasites #eye
The patient elected to undergo vitrectomy.
Eight weeks after the vitrectomy, the lesions in the retina were attenuated and the visual acuity had improved to 20/40.
3/4
#MedEd #IDtwitter #MedTwitter
Eight weeks after the vitrectomy, the lesions in the retina were attenuated and the visual acuity had improved to 20/40.
3/4
#MedEd #IDtwitter #MedTwitter
👧22 meses, finca familiar con muchas moscas: secreción conjuntival y ojo derecho rojo de 2-3 semanas con algo que se mueve. No refieren viajes al extranjero
En canto externo de ojo D, nematodos en movimiento (vídeo)
1/3
continuum.aeped.es/screens/play/1…
#pediatria #ophthalmology
En canto externo de ojo D, nematodos en movimiento (vídeo)
1/3
continuum.aeped.es/screens/play/1…
#pediatria #ophthalmology
TELAZIOSIS OCULAR
Thelazia callipaeda es un nematodo y la causa más frecuente de telaziosis en humanos, perros y gatos.
Produce sensación de cuerpo extraño, epífora, conjuntivitis y úlceras corneales.
Tratamiento: extracción manual de los parásitos
2/3
#pediatric #parasitology
Thelazia callipaeda es un nematodo y la causa más frecuente de telaziosis en humanos, perros y gatos.
Produce sensación de cuerpo extraño, epífora, conjuntivitis y úlceras corneales.
Tratamiento: extracción manual de los parásitos
2/3
#pediatric #parasitology
Los cánidos salvajes y domésticos son los principales hospedadores definitivos.
La mosca de la fruta Phortica variegata: vector y hospedador intermedio.
3/3
🖋️Martín Valbuena J
#MedEd #IDtwitter #MedTwitter
La mosca de la fruta Phortica variegata: vector y hospedador intermedio.
3/3
🖋️Martín Valbuena J
#MedEd #IDtwitter #MedTwitter
A 51-YO🧔♂️, in Turkey: dyspnea, cough & production of yellowish, foul-smelling, & salty sputum
XR & CT (A-D): cavitary lesion containing irregular, serpiginous intracavitary material
1/3
DOI: doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.…
#IDTwitter #radiology
XR & CT (A-D): cavitary lesion containing irregular, serpiginous intracavitary material
1/3
DOI: doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.…
#IDTwitter #radiology
2nd day of hospitalization: fever, myalgia, & sore throat
CT: subpleural ground glass opacities (fig.)
PCR for #SARSCoV2:➕
Eosinophilia
IFA IgG against Echinococcus granulosus:➕at 1/5,120
RUPTURED PULMONARY HYDATIC CYST COMPLICATED BY COVID-19
2/3
#microbiology #MedEd
CT: subpleural ground glass opacities (fig.)
PCR for #SARSCoV2:➕
Eosinophilia
IFA IgG against Echinococcus granulosus:➕at 1/5,120
RUPTURED PULMONARY HYDATIC CYST COMPLICATED BY COVID-19
2/3
#microbiology #MedEd
Gross examination showed removed cyst (fig.).
Surgery combined with medical therapy remains the standard form of treatment of large cysts with multiple daughter cysts, complicated cysts, etc.
3/3
#parasitology #surgery
Surgery combined with medical therapy remains the standard form of treatment of large cysts with multiple daughter cysts, complicated cysts, etc.
3/3
#parasitology #surgery
𝟭𝟵𝟴𝟬:Wojciech “Al” Krotoski et al publish a report in the British Medical Journal describing a dormant liver stage of #Plasmodium cynomolgi in Rhesus macaques. These dormant liver stages, called "hypnozoites" are postulated to be the cause of relapses of this #malaria species
- Image references: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…; ajtmh.org/view/journals/…
- References: https://t.co/QDyaZSACDa; https://t.co/zzZPG6Ze3M; link.springer.com/article/10.100…
- References: https://t.co/QDyaZSACDa; https://t.co/zzZPG6Ze3M; link.springer.com/article/10.100…
𝟭𝟵𝟴𝟭: In 1981, Dr William C. Campbell of the Merck Institute for Therapeutic Research in the US, published "An Introduction to the Avermectins" which described a new series of compounds with potent antiparasitic properties against nematode & arthropod #parasites.
𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟯:In 1973, Thomas A. Miller of the University of Glasgow Vet School, had his canine hookworm (Ancylostoma caninum) vaccine approved for commerical use in the US. Though discontinued in 1975, Miller's work has informed hookworm vaccine research to this day! @BAVet_Parasitol
- Image references: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancylosto…; theses.gla.ac.uk/73163/1/106475…;
- References: tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.416…; academic.oup.com/cid/article/46…; https://t.co/FIP0lm4fOy
- References: tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.416…; academic.oup.com/cid/article/46…; https://t.co/FIP0lm4fOy
𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟰: In Oct '73, Dr Dan Jones of the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in Miami introduced Acanthamoeba spp. as a human ocular pathogen to a meeting of the Ocular Microbiology & Immunology Group in the USA. Months later, in 1974, Nagington et al. would publish the 1st case studies
It is now 60 days until (& including) the 1st of April, 2022! April '22 marks 𝟲𝟬 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 since the British Socety for Parasitology was formed from the Parasitological Section of the Institute for Biology!
To mark this, we will be releasing a #parasite breakthough/fact (1/1)
To mark this, we will be releasing a #parasite breakthough/fact (1/1)
.. every day for the next 60 days: from 1962 to 2022! We will provide information on both well-studied & unusual parasites such as Angiostrongylus cantonensis, Echinococcus vogeli, Plasmodium falciparum, Mansonella spp., Hirudo medicinalis (leeches) bed bugs, & more! (2/2).
Today, we begin with 1962! Not only was the @BSPparasitology founded in 1962, but for the first time, the full life cycle of the "eye worm" Thelazia callipaeda was described by D.P. Kozlov in the Proceedings of the USSR Academy of Sciences. Human thelaziasis is an NTD. #parasite
Our 5th and final day of #ParasitesOnline21 will begin shortly with a plenary talk from Prof Santiago Mas-Coma from University of Valencia on: Fascioliasis control in human endemic areas: one health action to complement preventative chemotherapy
Prof Maria-Gloria Basanez introduces Prof Santiago Mas-Coma who was awarded Honorary membership of @BSPparasitology in 2020
Prof Mas-Coma cites his recent paper, which describes this One Health approach to tackle fascioloiasis spread by donkeys, which are important for transport in the Altiplano: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P… Sheep & cattle also act as reservoirs: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P… #ParasitesOnline21
Day 4 of our #ParasitesOnline21 meeting will begin with a presentation by Dr Emma Briggs who was awarded the BSP President's Medal in 2020 🏅 @emmabriggs6
Prof Maria-Gloria Basanez introduces Dr Emma Briggs and congratulates her on the award
So to begin our "BES: Ecology and Evolution I" Session of Day 4 of #ParasitesOnline21 is Prof Neil Hall of the @EarlhamInst with "Sequencing #Protists directly from the environment for the Darwin Tree of Life Project."
So we begin #ParasitesOnline21 today with C.A. Wright Medal 2020 winner, Prof Sarah Reece (@ReeceLab), who is telling us about "The private life of #malaria parasites: Strategies for survival & reproduction." #Parasitology
Prof Reece describes how the #malaria parasite regulates gametocyte sex ratio; highest number of offspring depends in female gametocyte number; the highest proportion of matings depends on male gametocyte number: sciencedirect.com/science/articl… #ParasitesOnline21
For optimal #malaria gametocyte ratio, there needs to be plasticity in the gametocyte conversion rate. The @ReeceLab has investigated environmental factors that may influence this rate, such as in ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P… #ParasitesOnline21
