A microscopic parasite that can live for decades in the human brain infects an estimated one-third of the world's population ...

Parasites don’t need to look like movie creatures to cause trouble. Many are microscopic, slip in through everyday exposures, and settle into places most people never think about. Soil, food, ...

Entamoeba histolytica infects nearly 50 million people each year and kills around 70,000. It’s a shape-shifting parasite that invades the human gut, often causing mild symptoms like diarrhea. But in ...

Mosquito gut bacteria, parasites, and viruses are the real reason mosquito bites can be so dangerous. A mosquito does not ...

A new study, conducted by researchers from the Institut Pasteur in Paris and the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona, have revealed that Leishmania adaptation is a consequence of ...