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An English woman living in Australia has the dubious honour of being a world-first after medics pulled a live and wriggling 8cm parasitic worm, usually found in snakes, out of her brain.The 64-year-old woman, who hasn't been named, was…

It's an elegant solution: Remove the habitat of a parasite-carrying aquatic snail and reduce the level of infection in the local community; all while generating more feed and compost for local farmers. A collaboration of scientists from the…

Published By: Nibandh VinodLast Updated: April 14, 2023, 08:38 ISTChagas Disease can be transmitted to humans in various ways. (Representative image: Shutterstock) World Chagas Disease Day 2023: The parasite Trypanosoma crizu is…

Grim images show parasitic worms crawling underneath Vietnamese woman's skinBy Chloe Louise Updated: 15:36 BST, 12 April 2023 <!-- <!-- --> <!-- -->…

Doctors find a parasitic TICK feasting on eyeball of patient in his 70s who went to hospital complaining of an itchy eyeBy Luke Andrews Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com Updated: 17:20 BST, 7 April 2023 <!-- …

Most Americans view parasitic infections as a problem of the past or one that only impacts low-income countries. However, new research from Washington University in St. Louis finds evidence that the problem is likely widespread in…

According to the World Health Organization, more than 1 billion people are infected with parasitic helminths worldwide, but the prevention and treatment of helminth infection remain challenging. Research led by the University of Minnesota…

WORLD CHAGAS DISEASE DAY 2022: To raise awareness about a life-threatening disease that can cause serious heart and digestive issues, every year April 14 is observed as World Chagas Day. The disease is also called American trypanosomiasis,…

Many of the clinical trials that showed ivermectin failed to account for the drug's effectiveness against parasitic disease, leading to skewed, inaccurate, results, an analysis finds.Dr Avi Bitterman, a researcher from Mount Sinai in New…

Combining two agents to block a parasitic worm's life cycle boosted survival from a potentially deadly tropical disease to 85% in animal models, far better than either treatment alone, according to a proof-of-concept study led by UT…