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Review
. 2025 Apr 17.
doi: 10.1111/1749-4877.12983. Online ahead of print.

WIMANET: The Power of a Network in Wildlife Malaria Research

Alfonso Marzal  1   2 , Kasun Bodawatta  3 , Carolina R F Chagas  4 , Nayden Chakarov  5   6 , Mélanie Duc  4 , Tamara Emmenegger  7 , Martina Ferraguti  8   9 , Luz García-Longoria  10 , Rafael Gutiérrez-López  11   12 , Ricardo J Lopes  10   13 , Josué Martínez-De La Puente  8   9 , Swen Renner  14 , Diego Santiago-Alarcón  15 , Ravinder N M Sehgal  16 , Daliborka Stanković  17 , Jenny C Dunn  18
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Review

WIMANET: The Power of a Network in Wildlife Malaria Research

Alfonso Marzal et al. Integr Zool. .

Abstract

The Wildlife Malaria Network (WIMANET) is an EU-COST-funded global network of researchers and stakeholders interested in wildlife malaria and related haemosporidian parasites. The network has six working groups covering a diverse range of core topics within wildlife malaria research, focusing on genetics and genomics, species identification, vectors, haematology, communities, and communication. Up to now, the network includes 229 members from 45 countries including Europe, America, Africa, and Asia, but this number is continually growing. This review outlines the aims and goals of WIMANET, providing a summary of activities and plans for each of the six working groups for the next years. The network is open to new members, and we provide details on how both new and existing members can get involved in the network and take part in activities. WIMANET provides a global platform for collaborative and innovative research, and we encourage all members of the wildlife malaria community (and beyond) to take advantage of the opportunities the network offers.

Keywords: COST Action; capacity building; global collaboration; research network; wildlife malaria and related haemosporidian parasites.

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