Parasites are organisms that survive by feeding on humans and other hosts, often causing mild to severe health problems. They can enter the body in multiple ways, including consuming contaminated food ...

Sometime during the Roman Empire, residents of two garrison towns along the lower Danube relieved themselves into squat ...

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 ...

A dangerous tapeworm, not found in Pacific Northwest wildlife until this year, is more widespread than researchers expected.

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The human gut hosts a wide variety of microbial species including bacteria, viruses, and fungi. Intestinal parasites were also once a typical part of this community; healthy humans played host to ...

A tiny tapeworm never previously detected in the Pacific Northwest has been discovered in more than a third of urban coyotes ...