Lucas Huggins
@lucashuggins.bsky.social
Parasitologist - using nanopore sequencing for novel diagnostic method development, particularly 🐕🦺🐈
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...
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...
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March 7, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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.
February 28, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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.
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@lucashuggins.bsky.social explaining the difference between metabarcoding and Metagenomics on @nanopore at the parasitology workshop
December 1, 2024 at 3:51 AM
@lucashuggins.bsky.social explaining the difference between metabarcoding and Metagenomics on @nanopore at the parasitology workshop