In the United States, the most well-known skin-penetrating parasitic worm, called a nematode, is the hookworm. But globally, ...

“Don’t wait for the signs of intestinal worm infection to present themselves. According to the World Health Organization, ...

Proper environmental hygiene includes cleaning up poop immediately, treating their home for fleas, ticks, and mosquitoes, and ...

A fixed-dose combination of albendazole and ivermectin may be a better tool against soil-transmitted helminths, that cause ...

A new tablet combining albendazole and ivermectin is safe and more effective than albendazole alone in treating Trichuris trichiura and other soil-transmitted helminths (STH), according to a clinical ...

A new tablet being developed to cure intestinal worms has shown promising results in trials and could help eradicate the ...

As loving cat parents, we do everything we can to give our kitties the best possible care. But even the most attentive ...

Trichuris incognita is a newfound intestinal roundworm closely related to the whipworm parasite. However, it is significantly ...

The eggs hatch into painful larvae, and then maggots “screw into flesh with sharp mouth hooks” leading to a parasitic infection. TPWD officials said female NWS flies are drawn to the odor of a ...

Relationships between gastrointestinal parasites (GIPs) and the gastrointestinal microbiome ... We evaluated the associations between GIP infections and fecal microbiome composition in two habituated ...

Eosinophils are found in high concentrations in tissues of the gastrointestinal ... cancer if a person has symptoms of eosinophilic organ damage (also known as hypereosinophilic syndrome) and there is ...