A potentially life-threatening parasitic disease long associated with Latin America is also present in the United States, researchers warn. Chagas disease, spread by blood-sucking insects known as ...

Public health experts have warned that treatable, neglected diseases nearly eradicated in Africa are resurging, The New York ...

Three types of parasites can cause disease in humans. They are protozoa, carried by mosquitos, helminths, such as roundworm, and ectoparasites, for instance lice and bed bugs. Parasites are organisms ...

A common parasite long thought to lie dormant is actually much more active and complex. Researchers found that Toxoplasma ...

New research shows that parasitic nematodes, responsible for infecting more than a billion people globally, carry viruses that may solve the puzzle of why some cause serious diseases. A study led by ...

Tungiasis is a parasitic skin disease caused by the penetration of the sand flea Tunga penetrans into the skin, predominantly affecting the feet. This condition is prevalent in resource-poor and ...

The New World screwworm feeds on live tissue, according to the CDC ...

AMES, Iowa – The worms can live inside your body for years, decades even. And it’s not the worms themselves that will eventually make you sick. Rather, it’s the thousands of eggs they lay.

Human and animal health are closely linked, with many diseases shared between them. As our world becomes more developed and interconnected, the proximity between wild animals and humans is shrinking, ...

A University of California, Riverside team of scientists has found that Toxoplasma gondii, a common parasite affecting up to ...