Scientists have revealed how a parasite that affects millions of people every year evades our immune defenses.

“You could see little parts of the human cell being broken off,” Ralston said of her very first encounter with the parasite.

Hundreds of parasites have the ability to infect humans, including lice, mites and ticks. However, parasite cleanses ...

The single-celled parasite Entamoeba histolytica infects 50 million people each year, killing nearly 70,000. Usually, this ...

New research has shown how the parasitic amoeba Entamoeba histolytica takes bites from your cells to use as a disguise, ...

Ten thousand New Zealanders may have lost vision – sometimes permanently – because of toxoplasmosis, an infection triggered ...

Entamoeba histolytica infects nearly 50 million people each year and kills around 70,000. It’s a shape-shifting parasite that ...

A group of researchers has developed a new formulation for the only drug available on the market to treat helminths, as worms ...

The research, the teams said, could pave the way for new treatments to stop the parasite once and for all. Image shared on the UCDAVIS website shows E. histolytica (green) attacking human T-cells ...

Babesiosis typically occurs in the Northeast and the Upper Midwest, but new research suggests rare cases are emerging in the ...

Dog owners across Darlington and County Durham have revealed where their pets have caught a potentially fatal parasite.