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.

Emodepside is an anthelminthic treatment used to date in veterinary medicine. “Drug repurposing is a key strategy in research for anthelminthic drug discovery and development that is neglected and ...

Soil-transmitted helminthiases (STH) are caused by four species of parasitic worms (Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura, and the hookworms Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus) that ...

Medical experts have emphasised that people suffering from parasitic worm infections should use prescribed antiparasitic medicines, not homemade remedies touted on social media.

Tapeworms are flat, segmented worms that live in the intestines of some animals. Animals can become infected with these parasites when grazing in pastures or drinking contaminated water.. Eating ...

In a brain, the L3 larvae would normally develop into young adults, but human brains are dead ends for the worms, which eventually die there without fully maturing.

Researchers at the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) tested the efficacy and safety of the drug emodepside in a field study on Pemba Island in Tanzania. The aim is to control ...