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

From microscopic mites dwelling in our hair follicles to sizable tapeworms inhabiting our intestines, the human body plays ...

A pensioner strangled his wife after becoming convinced they both had hookworm, a court has heard. Brian James, 81, is ...

In this short film Dr Michael Mosley investigates hookworms - large parasites which invade our ... tapeworm needs to infect both beef cattle and humans to complete its life-cycle.

Others, such as tapeworms and hookworms, invade the body ... in length. These parasites typically enter the human body when a person consumes undercooked or contaminated meat, particularly ...

a) Entamoeba sp. and b) Strongylida fam. gen. sp. (Hookworms) are gastrointestinal parasites that can cause severe infections and weaken the health of the host. "Here I am, in the middle of this ...

James Cook University researchers will target proteins secreted by hookworm larvae as part of an international effort to develop a game-changing ...

The infection was most likely caused by walking barefoot in a place where animals infected with the parasites had defecated. Hookworm infections are very treatable, but more than 500 million ...

videoInfested by hookworm In this short film Dr Michael Mosley investigates hookworms - large parasites which invade ... to infect both beef cattle and humans to complete its life-cycle.

This fall, the European Commission will launch a massive project involving at least 12,000 human subjects ... include intestinal parasites such as roundworms, whipworms and hookworms, as well ...

kept each parasite sustained in vats of human feces. Each Tuesday, these large ceramic vats were wheeled into the lab on a large pushcart. One vat was marked "hookworms," another "ascaris" (round ...

How parasites enter the body Parasites can invade the human body through various pathways, including contaminated water, food, waste, soil, or blood. Some species, such as Toxocara canis (dog ...