Trichuris incognita is a newfound intestinal roundworm closely related to the whipworm parasite. However, it is significantly more resistant to treatment. Scientists have discovered a new species ...

Infections from the parasites typically occur through ... including liver flukes, lung flukes, and intestinal flukes. Infection can result in severe liver and lung disease. Using the Global ...

In addition to the major liver flukes, Opisthorchis viverrini and Clonorchis sinensis, several types of intestinal flukes ... Results: Degeneration of the parasites was slowed by cooling ...

Fascioliasis is a parasitic disease caused by liver flukes, primarily Fasciola hepatica and Fasciola gigantica. These parasites are transmitted through freshwater snails and primarily infect ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs this spring commissioned a small pilot study to look into the link between liver flukes ingested ... found in Americans, the parasites infect an estimated ...

Fish can pick up intestinal parasites like a fluke or tapeworm by eating infected marine life, says food safety expert Ellen Shumaker, Ph.D., director of outreach for the Safe Plates program at ...

Human intestinal flukes (Fasciolopsis buski and Heterophyes ... electron microscopy. F. buski worms recovered from patients, which had been cured by oral treatment of 1 X 15, 1 X 25 or 1 X 40 ...

A new tablet being developed to cure intestinal worms has shown promising results in trials and could help eradicate the parasitic infection, which affects about 1.5 billion people globally ...

Blood flukes, belonging to the class Trematoda, are parasitic flatworms that primarily infect fish and other aquatic animals. They play a significant role in marine ecosystems, influencing host ...