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January 2024

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Hymenolepis nana ovum in a stool sample from a Nepalese Gurkha recruit who had recently arrived in the UK, viewed under light microscopy at x400 magnification. Nevin et al. 2024

Image Credit: Clinical Diagnostic Parasitology Laboratory, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

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The mosquito knows no borders: Regional challenges for global confrontation in the dengue battle

Joziana Muniz de Paiva Barçante, José Cherem

Mpox: The alarm went off. Have we gone back to sleep?

Piero Olliaro, Josephine Bourner, Yap Boum II, Emmanuel Nakouné, Elise Pesonel, Amanda Rojek, Yazdan Yazdanpanah, François-Xavier Lescure, Alexandra Calmy, Beatriz Grinsztejn, Peter Horby, Laura Merson, Jake Dunning

Research Articles

Snakebite prevalence and risk factors in a nomadic population in Samburu County, Kenya: A community-based survey

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