parasite, disease & medicine

An enzyme blocker is highly effective at treating intestinal parasitic infection in mice.

The Duke University professor studies the parasite to find a way to thwart infection before it takes hold.

The parasite that causes malaria has evolved to evade many of the drugs that researchers have developed to fight the tropical disease.

Plasmodium falciparum has shown an ability to evade everything we throw at it, most recently artemisinin-based combination therapies, today’s front-line treatment.

The new data could help identify treatments for diseases ranging from river blindness to schistosomiasis.

Suppression of a signaling pathway in Toxoplasma gondii prevents the parasite from replicating in host cells.

The Asian longhorned tick, first found in the country last year, is now present in several states.

Researchers discover cells in the early life stage of the Schistosoma mansoni parasite that contribute to adults’ reproductive systems.