AK is a severe and progressive parasitic corneal infection caused by acanthamoeba, a free-living amoeba, which can cause unbearable pain and extreme light sensitivity and needs urgent medical ...

At the heart of the Amazon, researchers are investigating a mysterious parasite which is devastating fish farms around the world. Parasites called myxozoa infect fish populations with deadly ...

New insights into the mechanisms that cause more severe cases of schistosomiasis -- a disease caused by parasitic worms and second only to malaria in terms of potential harm -- have been revealed.

At the heart of the Amazon researchers are investigating a mysterious parasite which is devastating fish farms around the world. At the heart of the Amazon researchers are investigating a ...

Medics snapped disturbing photos of the parasite as it emerged through a catheter, still alive, at 30cm long. It belonged to a species called Dioctophyma renale, better known as the giant kidney ...

A new study looking at deadly animal African trypanosomiasis has revealed how the parasite Trypanosoma congolense evades the immune system and drives severe disease in livestock. Researchers from ...

These eerie, white-foamed spiders are infected by a parasitic, entomopathogenic fungus that takes control of their brains and bodies, putting them into a zombie-like state. Slowly but surely ...

Brandi Glanville has taken a savage swipe at the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills as she showed off her new face amid her battle with a parasite. The reality star, 52, who left the reality show ...

The parasite host response is the process by which a host interacts with and responds to parasites that it encounters. It includes various mechanisms, including immune mechanisms that are elicited ...

Metronidazole (and other nitroimidazole derivatives) is effective in the treatment of invasive disease, but less effective in the treatment of luminal forms of the parasite. [68] Intestinal Infection.