Medically reviewed by Smita Patel, DO Parasitic infections can invade practically any part of the body. Brain parasites, those that infect the central nervous system which includes the brain, are ...

It's all connected: coronaviruses and other emerging infectious diseases, loss of biodiversity, and destruction of the ...

An ecologist shares his passion for parasites. From their vital roles in nature, to strange super powers and extraordinarily complex life cycles, parasites are natural wonders worthy of protection.

A rare and unfortunate sequence of events allowed a deadly type of malaria ... infected mosquito bites humans - or animals. There are lots of different strains of parasite and one of the most ...

In other cases, parasites can kill their host. Perhaps the most gruesome type of parasite, parasitoids, kill their hosts in order to reproduce. The disturbing chest-bursting scene from the 1979 ...

Giardia parasites mimic human cell functions to break apart cells ... Researchers found the giardia parasite produces two types of protein that enable it to cut through layers of protective ...

Mebendazole and fenbendazole, the other drugs the post mentioned, have also exhibited anticancer properties in early research, but like ivermectin, have not been studied in humans. We rate the claim ...

New research reveals that canine hookworms in Australia are developing growing resistance to drugs. New research indicates ...

We are interested in applying methods from community ecology to study the process of disease in complex assemblages of hosts and parasites. Unfortunately, the types of data necessary to address such ...