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Emergence of Mysterious Leishmania-Like Parasite

October 23, 2019October 1, 2024 Alyssa Loskill

Image courtesy of Eli Duke via Flickr Creative Commons On September 30, 2019 research out of the Federal Universities of São Carlos, Sergipe, and São

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Can Probiotics Defeat Intestinal Worms?

November 19, 2013January 25, 2023 Katharina Schwan

Last Friday a team of researchers from the University of California, San Diego presented exciting research on a potential new treatment against intestinal helminths, or

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Colombia is First Country to Eliminate River Blindness

August 2, 2013January 25, 2023 Alexandra Thomsen

Colombia has just been confirmed as the first nation to eliminate the neglected tropical disease onchocerciasis, more commonly known as “river blindness,” according to a

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Cyclospora in the Midwest

July 18, 2013January 25, 2023 Naomi Nkinsi

An outbreak of the foodborne illness cyclosporiasis has sickened at least 170 people in the Midwest and health officials are searching for the origins of

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Old World Screwworm Reported in Iraq

June 5, 2013January 25, 2023 Reem Sharhan

Old World Screwworm is a parasite that is usually active during late summer and early autumn months as the wet, hot conditions are conducive to

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Research & Policy

More Climate Change Woes: Avian Malaria Now Found in the Arctic

September 26, 2012January 25, 2023 Katharina Schwan

For the first time, scientists were able to confirm that Plasmodium, the parasite that causes malaria, exists and is transmissible in the frigid temperatures of

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The Bond Between a Parasite’s Parasite and a Zombie Ant

June 5, 2012January 25, 2023 Jason Hayes

After taking control of the ant’s brain and forcing it to act on its behalf, the fungus erupts out of the ant’s head to reproduce.

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