Helminths are parasitic worms that can infect humans and other animals. There are three types of helminths: flukes (trematodes), tapeworms (cestodes), and roundworms (nematodes). When these worms ...

Even if you don’t have any symptoms, you may find signs of worms in your stool. Worms in human poop can take several appearances. For roundworms, you may find pieces of worms or large, live ...

Roundworms live in human intestines and are spread via fecal material, ... Thus, a hypothetical treatment (had Richard's doctors been alerted to the presence of eggs in his stool) ...

Their larvae can penetrate the human skin, causing raised, red tracks in the skin that are very itchy. Roundworms also can be picked up from the soil, but they have to be ingested.

It was known that parasites can weaken their human host, making it less likely for an infected woman to conceive. But this study found the giant roundworm to be linked with the opposite effect.

A new study from Karolinska Institutet shows that artificial intelligence (AI) combined with portable digital microscopy ...

Roundworms aren't much fun for dogs, but they have their uses. For one thing, their ability to smell danger may have a surprising connection to preventing and treating Alzheimer's disease in humans.

For reproduction to be successful, an egg cell must divide perfectly. Egg cell divisions are so error-prone, however, that they are the leading cause of miscarriages and birth defects in humans.

Human beings and the roundworm C. elegans have more in common than you'd expect. Thanks to a common ancestor more than 700 million years ago humans and roundworms have a similar hormone to drive ...