Soil-transmitted worm diseases have decreased recently, but parasitic diseases are on the rise, such as dog and cat ...

While the disease, spread by ticks, has been reported in the UK in the past, most cases were believed to be linked to ...

Researchers have uncovered a previously unknown mechanism that regulates the immune response against parasites. During a parasitic infection, specific immune cells, known as virtual memory T cells ...

Ticks are parasitic arachnids that feed on the blood of mammals, birds, amphibians, and reptiles. They vary in size and ...

Researchers have discovered the mechanism that helps regulate the immune system’s response to helminth infection.

A new, comprehensive map of all the genes essential for blood infections in Plasmodium knowlesi (P. knowlesi), a parasite that causes malaria in humans, has been generated. The map contains the most ...

Niger became the first African country to eliminate the parasitic infection onchocerciasis — also known as river blindness — and the fifth worldwide, according to WHO.

The Georgia Department of Natural Resources is urging caution after invasive snail species in the state were found to harbor ...

Parasitic worms are difficult to kill with current therapies, but their commensal bacteria might be their Achilles’ heel.

Index An index of linked titles of online fact sheets of common parasites and diseases of fishes and wildlife in Alberta. A factsheet that outlines the general impacts of wildlife diseases on human ...