Since nonmotile parasites may still be viable, the researchers excysted the immature fluke to study their motility. Motility was estimated as the level of activity or degeneration of the ...

Food-borne parasitic infections have recently been identified as an important public health problem with considerable economic impact in terms of morbidity, loss of productivity and healthcare costs.

If you’ve handled cat litter or eaten raw meat or unwashed produce, there’s a chance you might have a permanent toxoplasmosis ...

Malaria remains a persistent public health burden, with Plasmodium falciparum causing the most dangerous form of malaria and ...

Many doctors say the likelihood of having an intestinal parasite in the U.S. is relatively low and recommend people see a health care provider to get tested for a parasite if they think they have ...

“These results highlight a striking shift in the ecological health of the Indian River Lagoon,” McCoy said. “The ...

Kevin Liévano-Romero abandoned a veterinary career in Colombia to move to the United States, where he studies feared but ...

mattheei, a livestock parasite, as well as evidence that S. mattheei had mixed with S. mansoni, the species normally associated with human intestinal infection. These findings offer new insight ...

A Heriot-Watt scientist has worked with colleagues at the University of Edinburgh's Roslin Institute to develop a method to ...

Liver flukes are one of the more complex parasites in beef production. Before setting up camp in the bile ducts of the liver, juvenile flukes cause damage in the small intestine and abdominal cavity ...

Scientists have revealed how a parasite that affects millions of people every year evades our immune defenses.

Parasites are known to infect human cells through a variety of ingenious mechanisms. Many of them have even evolved sophisticated strategies to evade a host’s immune system by avoiding it entirely.