It's a good idea to trim fingernails too, to prevent the eggs from getting caught under them. Threadworms aren't the only ...

In most cases, the rash from a wandering worm is in a foot, ankle, thigh, or rear—basically from a person walking or sitting in fecal-contaminated soil with exposed skin. But, in the New England ...

This interview explores the development of novel drugs and the importance of collaborative partnerships in tackling these ...

Nearly a quarter of the world's population is infected by helminths, parasitic worms that establish themselves in the intestine for extended periods. In response to these invaders, the immune system ...

Quarter of a million host-parasite records, detailing helminth parasites their associated host species and locality, extracted from 28,000 references. In 1922 Dr H.A. Baylis, then head of what today ...

Nearly a quarter of the world's population is infected by helminths, parasitic worms that establish themselves in the intestine for extended periods. In response to these invaders, the immune ...

Pearce’s group was studying how animals gain immunity to such infections in a mouse model when, during a routine autopsy, a veterinarian on the team noticed that the mesenteric adipose tissue of mice ...

To ensure successful transmission and establish chronic infection, parasites must evade the host's immune system and delay the development of immunity. Maria Yazdanbakhsh and David Sacks discuss ...