The condition occurred after the patient consumed undercooked pork, allowing the taenia solium parasite to form larval cysts in soft tissues.

In 1986, the World Health Assembly called for the eradication of Guinea worm. At the start of the Carter Center-led program in 1986, the disease was endemic in 20 African and Asian countries, with ...

Ms Badolé suffers from loiasis, a chronic filarial disease caused by the Loa loa parasite, also known as the African eye worm ...

The use of commercial livestock dewormers has paid off in terms of animal health and productivity, but it has also resulted ...

Late former President Jimmy Carter had the goal of ending guinea worm disease for 38 years. Now, his goal is almost at the finish line.

The larvae that hatch from these eggs are excreted ... For example, drugs that block GCY-9 function may impair the ability of parasitic worms to navigate within the body by disrupting their ...