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Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Meeting abstract
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TY - JOUR
T1 - A transdisciplinary consideration of sand flies & leishmaniasis
AU - Dillon, Rod J.
PY - 2019/9/30
Y1 - 2019/9/30
N2 - It has been hundred years since Phlebotomine sand flies were first identified as transmitters of the medically important parasites called Leishmania. The key players, investigated by scientists during the first 60 years, were the insect, the parasite, and the mammalian host. Forty years ago, plants were included as potentially influential players in the transmission process. During the past ten years, we have witnessed a further expansion to include bacteria and viruses as influencers of transmission and the realisation that there is a fascinating network of microbes interacting with surprising consequences for the control of the leishmaniases. This presentation focussed on the recent inclusion of the bacterial players in the sand fly–Leishmania drama. It was also a personal reflection on the urgent need for entomologists and other biologists to harness their creative endeavours to engage with policy makers and the public about what insects can teach us and the huge importance of insects and their microbes in a human centred world....
AB - It has been hundred years since Phlebotomine sand flies were first identified as transmitters of the medically important parasites called Leishmania. The key players, investigated by scientists during the first 60 years, were the insect, the parasite, and the mammalian host. Forty years ago, plants were included as potentially influential players in the transmission process. During the past ten years, we have witnessed a further expansion to include bacteria and viruses as influencers of transmission and the realisation that there is a fascinating network of microbes interacting with surprising consequences for the control of the leishmaniases. This presentation focussed on the recent inclusion of the bacterial players in the sand fly–Leishmania drama. It was also a personal reflection on the urgent need for entomologists and other biologists to harness their creative endeavours to engage with policy makers and the public about what insects can teach us and the huge importance of insects and their microbes in a human centred world....
U2 - 10.1016/j.crvi.2019.09.025
DO - 10.1016/j.crvi.2019.09.025
M3 - Meeting abstract
VL - 342
SP - 272
EP - 273
JO - Comptes Rendus Biologies
JF - Comptes Rendus Biologies
SN - 1631-0691
IS - 7-8
T2 - Insects Friends and Foes; Grande conférence de l’Académie des sciences dans l’Auditorium André et Liliane Bettencourt
Y2 - 12 March 2019 through 14 March 2019
ER -