Infection with a common parasite can seriously disrupt the brain function of intermediate hosts – potentially including ...

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

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

This finding prompted the team to test what happens when the parasite comes into direct contact with human sperm in a test tube. After only five minutes of exposure to the parasite, 22.4% of sperm ...

garden or other places in the environment where they can be picked up by humans or other animals. Water, shellfish and unwashed fruits and vegetables can also harbor infectious parasite eggs.

Plasmodium falciparum is responsible for the most virulent form of human malaria ... This would lead to removal of infected RBCs by the spleen macrophages; however, the parasite escapes passage ...

Some parasites can infect human eyes. Without treatment ... or in some cases, surgery to remove the parasites from the eye. For example, eye drops are available to treat blepharitis that occurs ...

Yet, the greatest parasite of the modern age is no blood-sucking invertebrate. It is sleek, glass-fronted, and addictive by design. Its host? Every human on Earth with a wifi signal. Far from ...

Alex Volinsky and his colleagues claimed that the rope worm, otherwise known as funis vermes, is a parasite that spends its entire life inside the human body. Volinsky and his colleagues say that ...

Over 90% of sampled freshwater game fish in Southern California harbor invasive trematode parasites, Haplorchis pumilio and Centrocestus formosanus, which can infect humans and cause ...

This parasite enters the human body through the consumption of raw or undercooked meat and can migrate to various organs, including the skin, brain, and eyes, causing severe health complications.