New World screwworm was largely eradicated from the U.S. and Central America in the 1960s and 1980s, respectively. But the ...

There are parasites all over the world that can infect humans. Some of them are easy to avoid, but others are more common ...

Helminths are known for their remarkable ability to regulate host immune responses, a trait that has intrigued scientists for ...

Researchers have uncovered a molecular strategy employed by worm parasites to evade host immune defenses, opening new avenues ...

Image source: BBC The human body is home to a variety of organisms that live inside or on your body, many of which live symbiotically or as parasites. Some, like Demodex mites, reside on the skin ...

falciparum parasites per milliliter), as assessed ... For stage B, we aimed for a total of 10 participants to undergo controlled human malaria infection by means of mosquito bites in the GA2 ...

To evade human defence responses, parasites switch between using PfEMP1s ... conserved structural features that enable EPCR binding 10. In an example of immunological convergence, the authors ...

A new malaria vaccine appears to be "safe and highly immunogenic", with "promising efficacy", according to interim results of the phase 2b clinical trial conducted in African children. The vaccine ...

Vampires are not the only creatures that suck blood. As scary as it seems, the Earth is full of different creatures. Here are ...

The researchers tested whether exposure to GA1 or GA2 could help humans develop ... from 50 mosquitoes; 10 participants received bites from mosquitoes infected with GA1 parasites, and 10 were ...

The CDC says kids get sick from splash pads after ingesting fecal matter, adding that swim diapers don't prevent fecal ...