Reposted by @abivanak.bsky.socialBeth Purse @bethpurse.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Interested in quantifying how surface water might affect water-borne and water-related infectious diseases in degraded tropical agro-forest landscapes? Optical remote sensing can miss small monsoon water-bodies where animal hosts, people and vectors hang out.... doi.org/10.1371/jour...doi.orgRadar versus optical: The impact of cloud cover when mapping seasonal surface water for health applications in monsoon-affected IndiaSurface water plays a vital role in the spread of infectious diseases. Information on the spatial and temporal dynamics of surface water availability is thus critical to understanding, monitoring and ... 165
Reposted by @abivanak.bsky.socialBeth Purse @bethpurse.bsky.social · 17/01/2025First field evidence that Kyasanur Forest Disease Virus can be transmitted from adult females to their eggs in both Haemaphysalis and Rhipicephalus ticks in India. Read more here: doi.org/10.1186/s130...doi.orgFirst evidence of transovarial transmission of Kyasanur Forest disease virus in Haemaphysalis and Rhipicephalus ticks in the wild - Parasites & VectorsBackground Kyasanur forest disease virus (KFDV) is a tick-borne flavivirus causing debilitating and potentially fatal disease in people in the Western Ghats region of India. The transmission cycle is ... 154
abivanak.bsky.social @abivanak.bsky.social · 18/11/2024"Let the “bhediyas of Bahraich” and their innocent victims serve the needed warning: If people are not kept at the centre of conservation, then our living landscapes will turn into battlefields. And there will only be losers on both sides." www.hindustantimes.com/opinion/narr...hindustantimes.com 020
abivanak.bsky.social @abivanak.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Slowly migrating links to articles etc. Hopefully build more organic engagement away from the troll farms. An unscientific program, irresponsible feeders, the compassion industry, and an apathetic government = A dogged problem! 032
