Science news articles about 'parasite transmission'

... knowledge of host and parasite biology, but one idea is that interventions that block parasite transmission opportunities could cause natural selection to favor strains with lower virulence. The team ...

... by the "dilution effect" provided by tree frogs. "Thus, the important determinant of parasite transmission was not total host diversity but the specific composition of the host community," wrote the ...

... and disease. It is only through the incorporation of additional strategies for interruption of parasite transmission that all forms of schistosomiasis-associated disease can be prevented." Dr. King ...

... "Where school attendance is high, the delivery of nets through schools should be considered an approach to reach universal coverage and improve the likelihood of impacting upon parasite transmission".