Tick-borne infections are becoming a serious problem in the United States as well as in Europe. Babesia microti (Bm), a protozoan parasite, and a spirochetal bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi are two ...

Climate change and irregular monsoons have disrupted animal breeding cycles and led to a surge in health issues for domestic ...

Most protozoan parasitic diseases have no known cure. ... (AQP) has introduced a new mechanism of membrane transport that may provide a therapeutic target for parasitic protozoan infections.

Protozoan infections are especially endemic and affect millions of people around the word. In spite of their importance, the development of more efficient drugs against those diseases is still scarce.

Eimeria pragensis, an intestinal protozoa infecting mice, induces colitis and reduces goblet cell numbers in the large intestine. In the present study, we investigated the pathogenesis and the ...

Intrepid microbe hunters have discovered 20 new viruses lurking in the bat populations of the orchards of southwestern China. Along with new species of bacteria and protozoan parasites, the find has ...

Ready-to-eat salads are here to make our lives easier: open the bag, serve, dress... and that's it. But a recent European ...

The protozoan parasite Trichomonas vaginalis causes this infection. Most people contract trichomoniasis by having vaginal, oral, or anal sex without an internal or external condom.

But in the immunosuppressed, it can cause a deadly hyperinfection syndrome, with the worms going through accelerating and ...

To avoid contracting infections from their schools’ toilets, some pupils told our correspondent that they often hold back ...

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

Some parasites can infect human eyes. Without treatment, these infections can lead to eye pain, vision problems, and in some cases, blindness. Parasites are organisms that live in, or on, another ...