In some cases, these parasites can live on the body for weeks or months. These types tend to live off a person’s blood while ...

Types of human parasites and parasitic infections. There are three types of parasite that can live in or on the human body, including worms, lice, and single-cell organisms. Learn more here. READ MORE ...

A University of California, Riverside-led team has made an advance in the basic understanding of Plasmodium falciparum, the ...

Toxoplasma gondii is an incredibly pervasive parasite that can infect pretty much any warm-blooded animal, taking up ...

An emergency doctor shared a gruesome CT, which highlighted the damage parasites can inflict upon a human body. According to the NY Post, Dr. Sam Ghali shared an image of a patient's leg muscles, ...

And getting that iron from the human red blood cells in which the parasites live and divide is no simple task. “We still don't really understand how parasites acquire iron in the red blood cell, which ...

The greatest parasite of the modern age is no blood-sucking invertebrate. It is sleek, glass-fronted and addictive by design. Its host? Every human on Earth with a wifi signal.

A neurosurgeon in Australia pulled a live, three inch-long worm from the brain of a 64-year-old woman in June 2022. The roundworm Ophidascaris robertsi is native to Australia and its larvae were ...

This finding prompted the team to test what happens when the parasite comes into direct contact with human sperm in a test tube. After only five minutes of exposure to the parasite, 22.4% of sperm ...

Tapeworms are perhaps some of the most consistent pests that can be found in cats, and they can grow up to 16 feet inside of animals—especially within dogs.