Parasites that affect the central nervous system ... and is most commonly found in undercooked pig meat (though it can be found in other types of meat as well.) The infection is relatively ...

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.

By Dina Gavarieva Parasitic infections, long thought to be confined to developing countries, are a global issue that can impact anyone, regardless of geography or socioeconomic status including those ...

In other cases, parasites can kill their host. Perhaps the most gruesome type of parasite, parasitoids, kill their hosts in order to reproduce. The disturbing chest-bursting scene from the 1979 ...

But rather than do this, I have decided to be measured and scientific, and convey objectively the destructive and (occasional) helpful things that parasites do to the human body. Despite our suits ...

We are interested in applying methods from community ecology to study the process of disease in complex assemblages of hosts and parasites. Unfortunately, the types of data necessary to address such ...