Lucas Huggins

Global emergence of Rickettsia felis infections: the hidden threat in pets and their fleas The globally emerging pathogen Rickettsia felis uses the cat flea as a biological vector and can cause serious infections in humans. Rickettsia felis can be transmitted to numerous mammalian hosts, bu...

Our review exploring the risks posed by zoonotic transmission of the vector-borne pathogen Rickettsia felis from pets to people is out now! 🦠🐩🐈‍⬛ doi.org/10.1071/MA25...

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Is it only parasitologists that are happy to sit through a talk on maggots, then another on horseshit before an evening meal together? What other weirdos do this? Great to get together with the Melbourne folks @ Australian Society for Parasitology - thanks @lucashuggins.bsky.social for organising.

@lucashuggins.bsky.social explaining the difference between metabarcoding and Metagenomics on @nanopore at the parasitology workshop