Here are 10 parasites that can infect humans, and everything you need to ... But hookworms were worthy of their own entry on our list because they are a bit scarier than other roundworms.

The movie imagines mutated parasites taking over the bodies of humans to wreak havoc on an idyllic town. Breathe easy, though—in reality, Cymothoa exigua, the parasitic isopod in question ...

When animals on the CITES protection list are seized by the authorities ... but parasites are sometimes called on as expert witnesses in cases of animal or human neglect. Myiasis is the parasitic ...

Jan. 21, 2025 — Trypanosomes are parasites that cause sleeping sickness, Chagas disease, and various animal diseases. Diagnosis and treatment remain complex and no effective vaccine has been ...

The Kowalinski group at EMBL Grenoble discovered notable differences between the nuclear cap-binding complex in trypanosomes and humans, a critical component in cellular RNA metabolism. Trypanosomes ...