The malaria parasite is still killing almost half a million people every year. A project has now identified a gene that holds out the prospect of a safe, effective live vaccine. The study is published ...

Three types of parasites can cause disease in humans. They are protozoa, carried by mosquitos, helminths, such as roundworm, and ectoparasites, for instance lice and bed bugs. Parasites are organisms ...

The dreaded rat lungworm—a parasite with a penchant for rats and slugs that occasionally finds itself rambling and writhing in human brains—has firmly established itself in the Southeast US and will ...

Scientists have discovered a new species of human parasite that appears to be resistant to common antiparasitic treatments, such as ivermectin. "The infection tends not to be deadly, but heavy ...

Parasites that cause severe diarrhoea are likely to become more virulent because of the speed at which they are exchanging their DNA and evolving – according to new research from the University of ...

Parasites of Fossil Vertebrates: What We Know and What can We Expect from the Fossil Record? / Tommy L. F. Leung -- Fossil Record of Viruses, Parasitic Bacteria and Parasitic Protozoa / George Poinar ...