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Hundreds of parasites have the ability to infect humans, including lice, mites and ticks. However, parasite cleanses ...
A Heriot-Watt scientist has worked with colleagues at the University of Edinburgh's Roslin Institute to develop a method to ...
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“You could see little parts of the human cell being broken off,” Ralston said of her very first encounter with the parasite.
Scientists have revealed how a parasite that affects millions of people every year evades our immune defenses.
More than 70 people have been infected with a parasite after visiting an animal farm in Wales. Sixteen people have been ...
Ten thousand New Zealanders may have lost vision – sometimes permanently – because of toxoplasmosis, an infection triggered ...
Researchers have discovered how a parasite that causes malaria when transmitted through a mosquito bite can hide from the ...
Researchers have shown that the evolution of a family of exported proteins in the malaria-causing parasite Plasmodium falciparum enabled it to infect humans.
The blacklegged tick is perhaps the biggest threat because it’s the only tick species that can transmit Lyme disease, a ...
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A dangerous parasite once eradicated in the United States could be making a return, and experts said it poses a serious threat to pets this summer. The New World screwworm ...