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

Canine hookworms are becoming an increasing threat to pets and people, researchers say, after finding that the parasites have developed widespread drug resistance in both North America and Australia.

The adult worms, which grow to approximately 1.5 inches ... and the identification of classical Trichuris type eggs in human feces and not molecular tests that could discern the species," he ...

The European Medicines Agency’s positive opinion for ivermectin-albendazole for treating soil-transmitted helminth infections ...

“The parasites are preserved along with the ... which are excreted by the hosts in feces. In humans, effects of D. nihonkaiense infection are often asymptomatic or produce abdominal pain and ...

a man in his 40s discovered a white thread-like object in his feces,” Kuramochi said. “Dr. Satoru Kamegai, our museum’s first director, had the man take an agent that gets rid of parasites.” ...