Once ingested, roundworms become parasites in their host, absorbing nutrients from the digested food. With a lifespan of up ...

Trichuris incognita is a newfound intestinal roundworm closely related to the ... Scientists have discovered a new species of human parasite that appears to be resistant to common antiparasitic ...

In humans, the parasite can infect the spinal cord ... People can become infected with raccoon roundworm if they eat soil, ...

Cancer grows from mutations in a person’s cells. Parasites are separate organisms that live on or in another host organism.

A new, comprehensive map of all the genes essential for blood infections in Plasmodium knowlesi (P. knowlesi), a parasite ...

In early 2021, a 64-year-old woman from south-eastern New South Wales began dealing with stomach aches and diarrhoea, which ...

When tapeworms and roundworms set up camp in a body ... Ironically, thanks to improvements in hygiene and sanitation, the risk of humans contracting these parasites is much lower and our bodies are no ...

Intestinal roundworm parasites are one of the most common types of infection worldwide, although in humans increased hygiene has reduced infection in many countries. High level infections by these ...

Nutrition and lifestyle consultant Madeleine Helm hosts Zoom sessions on health and recently discussed parasite types, their health effects and ways to reduce infection risks.

Hawaii typically sees about 10 cases of rat lungworm per year, state epidemiologist Sarah Park told STAT News. The first human case of the disease was reported in Taiwan in 1944, but in recent decades ...