Here are 10 parasites that can infect humans, and everything you need to know about them so you can avoid contracting one.

All 10 people were prescribed an anti-parasitic drug (albendazole), which ... The remaining source of infection in humans is wild game, including bear, but also boar and moose.

There is a theory that the relative lack of human parasites — which have been largely eradicated in the modern world — could be the underlying cause for autoimmune diseases like celiac.