Parasite, zombie, leech—these words are often used to describe people in unkind ways. Many of us recoil when ticks, tapeworms, fleas, head lice or bed bugs are even mentioned. Coming across such ...

The Portland Water Bureau continues to detect cryptosporidium, a potentially disease-causing microorganism, in the Bull Run watershed, Oregon’s largest source of drinking water. As 2025 begins, the ...

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.

Parasite biology is the study of all biological aspects of parasites and parasitic diseases, including the structure, growth, development, genetics, ecology and evolution of these organisms ...

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

Johnson and her fellow researchers also found that countries with a higher prevalence of the parasite had a lower proportion of people who cited "fear of failure" as the reason they were ...

Sporozoites of the malaria parasites (Plasmodium spp.) invade the salivary glands of the female mosquito. Her salivary glands are very well developed and histologically regionalized. The sporozoites ...