A new study based on mathematical modeling reveals how tradeoffs faced by human malaria parasites (Plasmodium ...

A resilient parasite carried by raccoons is spreading across Europe, posing a severe neurological threat to humans. Experts ...

A resilient raccoon-carried parasite is rapidly spreading across Europe, posing a significant neurological risk to humans, ...

The challenge with parasites is that the symptoms are subtle. They can live silently in the intestine, blood stream, organs or other tissue for months before causing detectable health problems.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. In addition to eggs, tissue cysts present in the meat of warm-blooded animals can spread ...

An analysis of sewer drains from a Roman fort has shown that the occupants were contaminated with three types of intestinal ...