To evade our body's defenses, the parasite responsible for sleeping sickness uses a particular method. It modifies its own ...

Worms reduce inflammation only on high-fiber diets; low fiber disables their benefits and disrupts gut health.

Heartworm’s global spread likely stems from ancient canid hosts, not recent human activity. Findings may reshape treatment ...

For the first time the developmental stages of the deadliest human malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, have been mapped in high resolution, allowing scientists to better understand this ...

Natural malaria infections have been genetically analysed at a higher resolution than ever before, giving insights that could help understand and block transmission. For the first time, the ...

All modern Plasmodium falciparum, the deadliest malaria parasite in humans, are descendants of one initial infection and so are very closely related, with relatively limited genetic differences. A ...

Male fertility rates have been plummeting over the past half-century. An analysis from 1992 noted a steady decrease in sperm counts and quality since the 1940s. A more recent study found that male ...

Researchers have shown how genetic defects in Toxoplasma gondii are rescued if co-infected with normal parasites, thanks to supportive secreted proteins. The study was published today as a Version of ...

You might just be the purr-fect victim for this parasite. Luke Beaumont dives into the world of parasite-induced cat mania.

Monogenean parasites represent a significant challenge to aquaculture operations, particularly affecting finfish by infecting the skin and gills. These ectoparasitic flatworms are characterised by ...

Parasite-host modeling meets reality: adaptive peaks and their ecological attributes / A.M. Kuris, K.D. Lafferty -- Adaptive diversity, specialisation, habitat preference and parasites / T. de Meeus - ...