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Let's make konzo disappear
There is a crippling disease slowly spreading through central and east Africa. It's called konzo and it attacks mainly young women and children, quite suddenly, causing irreversible paralysis of the legs.
Preventing the scourge of Konzo
Tackling one of tropical Africa's crippling epidemic diseases has been an interesting and demanding retirement project, as HOWARD BRADBURY AM writes. Through our work, konzo has now been prevented in 16 villages, which has involved more than 10,000 people.Pages
E&E PhD Exit Seminar: Genomic epidemiology of oat crown rust disease in Australia and abroad uncovers diverse mechanisms to generate diversity
1–2pm 3 Dec 2024
Rust fungi are a diverse group of plant pathogens consisting of over 8,000 species in the Basidiomycete order Pucciniales. They parasitise numerous plants of agricultural and ecological importance, such as cereals, legumes, and trees.