The condition occurred after the patient consumed undercooked pork, allowing the taenia solium parasite to form larval cysts ...

An ER doctor explained how a patient suffered a tapeworm infection, with an X-ray showing the larvae all over his pelvis and legs.

Ms Badolé suffers from loiasis, a chronic filarial disease caused by the Loa loa parasite, also known as the African eye worm ...

Horsehair worms, belonging to the phylum Nematomorpha, are fascinating parasites known for their ... and have systems in place to gain human feedback on the overall quality of the process.

BY MUTONO NYAMAIFor many Kenyan generation X and millennials, the mention of worms may evoke childhood memories of taking bitter-tasting deworming medication at home. But for millions of children ...

The ER patient had no idea they'd been infested with taenia solium until they went to the hospital with a broken bone ...

Researchers at the, Riverside, backed by a substantial NIH grant, are pioneering a study on the unique immune responses to ...

ATLANTA (Jan. 30, 2025) mdash; The late U.S. President Jimmy Carter rsquo;s goal to eradicate Guinea worm disease remains on ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than two in five American adults have obesity, a common and ...

Niger has become the first African country to eliminate river blindness, a parasitic disease that is the second-leading cause of blindness in the world, the WHO said Thursday.

The Kowalinski group at EMBL Grenoble discovered notable differences between the nuclear cap-binding complex in trypanosomes and humans, a critical component in cellular RNA metabolism. Trypanosomes ...