Around the traps

identifying mosquitoes

Lab Without Walls digs the red dirt collecting mosquito traps and testing for arboviruses in the Kimberley

Hard bitten

Robot bird

Ross River virus infection makes its presence felt in mosquito-bitten population of southwestern Australia

Debt of Honour

Digger's slouch hat showing double diamond insignia of 2nd/2nd

Debt of Honour, a feature exhibition at the Museum of Western Australia on the 2nd World War commando operation by 2nd/2nd Independent Company in East Timor

When the wind blows – tropical cyclones

TC Iggy

Will TC Iggy bring more cases of melioidosis to WA this year? This post looks at the link between cyclones and severe melioidosis.

Coffee alert

Cappucino

Coffee alert: diseases affecting the coffee crop are already affecting global coffee production, but what about the people who work on the coffee harvest? They are at risk of exposure to tropical infections including a collection of neglected tropical diseases