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Fitsum Tadesse was infected with malaria as a young child in Ethiopia and faced challenges to access efficacious treatment during a time of widespread drug resistance. Today, as a scientist in Africa, the fight against Plasmodium falciparum is his prime research goal.
Alison Criss discusses the features of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, its intricate interactions with innate immunity and how this challenges our understanding of what makes a pathogen pathogenic.
The Oropouche virus has long been overlooked, but following a recent global expansion the virologist Marta Giovanetti argues for a One Health strategy to address this emergent public health threat.
