A new study from Kosti Teaching Hospital in Sudan found intestinal parasitic infections in 86 percent of children with sickle ...

(Netrebina Elena/Moment RF/Getty Images) In the annals of 'cat parasite' research, Toxoplasma gondii grabs most of the ...

Parasitic infection describes the infection of a host with a particular parasite. Parasites are microorganisms that rely on other host organisms for their own survival. Many parasites do not cause any ...

Giardia duodenalis is a microscopic, flagellated parasite that often calls the human and animal gut its home. In most cases, ...

Summer is an especially vulnerable time for getting a parasitic infection, according to doctors who specialize in treating infectious diseases. “As temperatures get warmer, parasites are able to ...

Millions of patients worldwide are infected with parasitic worms. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), helminth worms are particularly common. Helminth infections are most prevalent in ...

For millions of years, parasitic worms have had to survive inside animals without being destroyed by their hosts' immune ...

Researchers at the University of Liège (Belgium) have uncovered a previously unknown mechanism that regulates the immune response against parasites. During a parasitic infection, specific immune cells ...

When eosinophilia is observed, one might think of parasitic infections as a differential diagnosis. However, simply having ...

New research has revealed that Schistosoma haematobium (S. haematobium), a parasitic infection affecting millions globally, can trigger cancer-related gene activity in the cervical lining, with ...

A parasitic worm might be the impetus behind a new generation of medicine. In a recent review in Clinical & Translational Immunology, Neima Briggs, MD, PhD, instructor of medicine (infectious diseases ...