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It’s the second episode of Infested! Let’s dive into an insect everyone loves to hate and a disease that will make your skin crawl. Yep, we are talking about pesky blackflies and the almost-eradicated disease they transmit: River blindness! Buckle in for all the entomology & vector-borne disease goodness along with a global health tale showing the value of vector control and multinational cooperation. Women for Women International Books Comstock, J. H. (1949). An introduction to entomology. Retrieved from http://archive.org/details/introductiontoen1949coms Peer Reviewed Journal Articles Boussinesq, M. (2018). A new powerful drug to combat river blindness - The Lancet. The Lancet, 392(10154), 1170–1172. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30101-6 Hall, L. R., & Pearlman, E. (1999). Pathogenesis of Onchocercal Keratitis (River Blindness). Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 12(3), 445–453. Lamberton, P. H. L., Cheke, R. A., Walker, M., Winskill, P., Crainey, J. L., Boakye, D. A., … Basañez, M.-G. (2016). Onchocerciasis transmission in Ghana: the human blood index of sibling species of the Simulium damnosum complex. Parasites & Vectors, 9(1), 432. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1703-2 Nicholls, R. S., Duque, S., Olaya, L. A., López, M. C., Sánchez, S. B., Morales, A. L., & Palma, G. I. (2018). Elimination of onchocerciasis from Colombia: first proof of concept of river blindness elimination in the world. Parasites & Vectors, 11(1), 237. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-2821-9 Thiele, E. A., Cama, V. A., Lakwo, T., Mekasha, S., Abanyie, F., Sleshi, M., … Cantey, P. T. (2016). Detection of Onchocerca volvulus in Skin Snips by Microscopy and Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction: Implications for Monitoring and Evaluation Activities. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 94(4), 906–911. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.15-0695 Turner, H. C., Walker, M., Lustigman, S., Taylor, D. W., & Basáñez, M.-G. (2015). Human Onchocerciasis: Modelling the Potential Long-term Consequences of a Vaccination Programme. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 9(7), e0003938. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003938 Our Social Media Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @Infestedpodcast Follow Lindsay on Twitter @Baxter.Lindsay Email us at Infestedpodcast@gmail.com This Podcast is produced and edited and researched by Lindsay and Bailey. Their views and opinions are theirs and do not reflect the institution for which they are employed. The music for this episode was provided by Lee Rosevere.