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 ...

Parasitic worms live in and feed off living hosts. Learn about parasitic worms in humans, transmission, treatment, how to avoid being a host, and more.

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.

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) ...

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 ...