This study examines morphological and genetic diversity in Aedes aegypti across different landscapes in West Africa, revealing significant variation in scaling patterns and mitochondrial lineages.

Ecology and Evolution · Dec 1, 2025Peer-reviewedEcology

Entamoeba histolytica extracellular vesicles drive pro-inflammatory monocyte signaling

Barbara Honecker, Valentin A. Bärreiter, Katharina Höhn, Balázs Horváth, Karel Harant, Nahla Galal Metwally, Claudia Marggraff, Juliett Anders, Stephanie Leyk, Maria del Pilar Martinez Tauler, Annika Bea, Charlotte Sophie Hansen, Helena Fehling, Melanie Lütkemeyer, Stephan Lorenzen, , Iris Bruchhaus

This study shows that extracellular vesicles from Entamoeba histolytica drive pro-inflammatory monocyte signaling, contributing to male-biased immunopathology in amebic liver abscesses.

PLoS neglected tropical diseases · Apr 10, 2025Peer-reviewedImmunology

Ambecovirus, a novel Betacoronavirus subgenus circulating in neotropical bats sheds new light on bat-borne coronaviruses evolution

Gabriel Luz Wallau, Eder Barbier, Laís Ceschini Machado, Alexandre Freitas da Silva, Yago José Mariz Dias, Filipe Zimmer Dezordi, Alexandru Tomazatos, Balázs Horváth, Roberto Dias Lins, Enrico Bernard, Dániel Cadar

The paper identifies a new Betacoronavirus subgenus, Ambecovirus, in Neotropical bats, revealing its phylogenetic position and potential for interspecies transmission.

Virus Evolution · Jan 1, 2025Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology