These parasites are sneaky little creatures, spreading through contaminated soil and human feces. Once inside a human host, they can cause a variety of health problems, ranging from mild abdominal ...

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

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

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 ...

Hawaiʻi is considered the epicenter of rat lungworm disease, which is spread when people accidentally consume snails and ...

After an hour at the Arizona Worm Farm on Sunday afternoon, a couple of dozen Jewish kids knew a few facts about worms, or at ...

Skin-penetrating nematodes are excreted in the feces of an infected host ... dioxide play an important role in how these parasites interact with human hosts as they pass through the different ...

“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 ...