New insights into the mechanisms that cause more severe cases of schistosomiasis -- a disease caused by parasitic worms and second only to malaria in terms of potential harm -- have been revealed.

As human activity alters the environment, kissing bugs and parasites will ultimately adapt. The geographic range of infected ...

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The paper also demonstrates how cysts promote the mutual survival of the parasite and host. "There's this balance of the pathogen needing to take hold in the host but not expand so much that it's ...

But there's a tradeoff: They also found that when cysts are not formed, there is an even higher parasite burden and increased damage to the brain. "There's this balance of the pathogen needing to ...