Sometimes, a toxoplasma infection can seed the brain and spinal cord, and cysts can live there for ... tissue is just one way the parasite wreaks havoc on the human body. Cerebral malaria can ...

The ER patient had no idea they'd been infested with taenia solium until they went to the hospital with a broken bone ...

Parasites rely on living organisms for food, to grow and to reproduce. They can either live on the outside (ectoparasites) or inside (endoparasites) of their hosts. Far from being invited dinner ...

The condition occurred after the patient consumed undercooked pork, allowing the taenia solium parasite to form larval cysts ...

And in most cases, the fish can continue to live and feed ... of the ant’s body—it manipulates rather than substitutes. These are ingenious strategies, but neither parasite actually becomes ...

Scientists have discovered a new species of human parasite that appears to be resistant ... of Calgary's Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, told Live Science in an email. The newly identified species ...

A new study from the Kowalinski group at EMBL Grenoble characterized the structure of an important trypanosomal protein ...

All this means that scientists can study one animal, like the river otter, to learn about the other animals and parasites that live in the same area. This can help inform how to keep human food ...

Endoparasites: Parasites that live inside the host's body, as opposed to ectoparasites ... and have systems in place to gain human feedback on the overall quality of the process.

CQ clears out resistant parasites less efficiently from the human body than sensitive (non-resistant ... resistant parasites survive in a host with intermediate drug concentration, and will ...