#parasites — Public Fediverse posts

There's a fair bit of back-story behind these, but the short-story version boils down to:

• In my #FateCore fantasy game, the players wanted to have #Kaiju as a campaign issue.
• Those Kaiju have their own ecosystem considerations.
• Which includes #parasites.
• That, while small compared to their host, are roughly human sized.
• And they're radically alien to the world.

#TTRPG #Fate #Fantasy #Miniatures #Painting

Human intreduce a lot of stress into the natural environment; even parasites are not exampt of it. But with them, we might actually drive them to rapid evolution.

Link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/brv.13118

#ClimateChange #Parasites #Evolution

Human intreduce a lot of stress into the natural environment; even parasites are not exampt of it. But with them, we might actually drive them to rapid evolution.

Link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/brv.13118

#ClimateChange #Parasites #Evolution

Human intreduce a lot of stress into the natural environment; even parasites are not exampt of it. But with them, we might actually drive them to rapid evolution.

Link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/brv.13118

#ClimateChange #Parasites #Evolution

Human intreduce a lot of stress into the natural environment; even parasites are not exampt of it. But with them, we might actually drive them to rapid evolution.

Link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/brv.13118

#ClimateChange #Parasites #Evolution

Human intreduce a lot of stress into the natural environment; even parasites are not exampt of it. But with them, we might actually drive them to rapid evolution.

Link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/brv.13118

#ClimateChange #Parasites #Evolution

Engineered #hookworms could one day dispense #drugs from inside your gut
Researchers have #geneticallymodified the intestinal #parasites to make an antitoxin
Using #CRISPR #geneediting, scientists engineered hookworms that live in the human gut to make an #antibody against deadly toxin
Eventually, small numbers of hookworms may secrete drugs or other substances into people’s bloodstreams to treat a wide variety of diseases from allergies to obesity
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/engineered-hookworms-drugs-gut-genetics
https://archive.ph/1HPRL

Patiently waiting for blood sucking mosquito species to become endangered species.
#mosquitoes #culicidae #insects #malaria #dengue #yellowfever #zika #chikungunya #aedes #aedesaegypti #aedesalbopictus #endangeredspecies #parasites #parasiticspecies #populationcontrol #pests #pestcontrol #pestextermination #mosquitotraps

#Parasites and #Staphylococcus: How #hygienic are #public #swimmingpools really?

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250630-how-hygienic-are-public-swimming-pools-really

All #active #tick #stages (including #Larvae !) feed on #deer , thus enabling #cofeeding #transmission of tick-borne #Diseases

#FREE #Full #text #PDF available at https://goo.gl/gEAbfN

#Ixodes #ricinus #Capreolus #capreolus

#EU #FP6 #EDEN #Project #Emerging #Diseases in a changing #European #eNvironment #Epidemiology #Ticks #Parasites #Pathogens #Science #Scientific #Research #Data #OpenAccess #DOI #Germany #Deutschland #Europe #Europa #TBD #Zoonoses #ZoonoticDiseases #TickBorneDiseases

I've been thinking about organic gardening, #infectious #parasites and their effect on gardeners, catching up on research I noticed re #diseases in ancient Egyptian civilisations.

Given that as society breaks down we are going turn more and more more to #human waste spread on land both as means of disposal and enrichment, what can do to protect ourselves from intestinal and skin parasites? (#Roundworm, #tapeworm etc)

I know we already use composting toilets etc, but this relies on #composting human waste for around a year (or more) and maybe there will be a need to speed up (ot shortcut) the process as "normal" society collapses.

So, what are the bare minimum requirements of a "safe" process, and are there any home remedies (#herbal brews, #salves and #potions) that have been used to treat these #infections in the past?

We also confirmed the observation made by the Wheelers back in the '60s that Manica parasitica is really "shaky". Maybe this is an "adaptive manipulation" by the parasite?

#Manica #ants #insects #parasites #sierranevada

1/2 We (re)rediscovered Manica parasitica in the Sierra Nevada. Originally, this ant species was thought to be a free-loading parasite that uses the nests and brood care of its host Manica bradleyi for its own survival.

Instead, "Manica parasitica" is tapeworm-infested Manica bradleyi.

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2023.0399

#Manica #ants #insects #parasites #sierranevada

Ant biologists thought the small, strangely-shaped Manica parasitica from the Sierra Nevada was a social parasite of another ant species, but the truth is even stranger.

#Ants #Insects #Manica #Parasites

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rsbl.2023.0399

📕 Chuffed to pick up hardcopy of new @springernature Scabies book. Includes my chapter on managing institutional #scabies outbreaks from care homes to refugee camps: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-26070-4_29. Abstract + more info➡️

Middleton et al. Scabies Management in Institutions

Abstract
Scabies is a particular problem in semi-closed institutions such as residential settings for elderly people, children and those with learning disabilities; refugee camps and other settings for displaced persons; prisons; schools; hospitals and hostels. What many of these diverse places have in common is a range of transmission drivers which enable scabies to reach very high prevalence including: high densities of potential hosts, social behaviours involving prolonged contact, bed and clothes sharing, manual handling, reduced access to laundry facilities and immunocompromise. We describe the epidemiology of institutional scabies outbreaks across settings, and based primarily on recent and longstanding evidence from adult health care, we draw out general strategic priorities for case management and outbreak control. The tools and information necessary to carry out an epidemiological assessment of an institutional scabies outbreak are provided, along with guidance on control measures. A summary checklist of the key steps to take in responding to an institutional outbreak concludes the chapter.

Thank you to @nihrresearch for funding support.

This is part of the first comprehensive book on scabies, written by experts from across the world. You can order the full 31 chapter ebook and hardback for your uni/clinical library here: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-26070-4

#NTDs #Scabies #Refugeehealth #carehomes #outbreakcontrol #epidemiology #publichealth #medicalacarology #acarology #prisonhealth #parisitology #globalhealth #parasites

(Esp) El poder engendra parásitos. Смерть (Muerte). Viva la anarquía.

(Eng) #Power #breeds #parasites. Смерть (Death). Live #anarchy.