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 ...

BOSTON – A parasitic worm could help skin wounds heal faster and better. Skin wounds must close quickly to avoid infection but this rapid closure promotes the formation of scar tissue rather than ...

Worms are easy to underestimate because most of them look defenseless, slow, and simple. But across the natural world, “worm” isn’t one group - it’s a body shape that shows up in many different ...

Here’s a comforting thought: you might not actually be alone in your own body right now. Parasites are far more common than ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In tablet form, ivermectin is used to treat some parasitic worms in humans. It can also be used as a cream to treat parasites such ...

New research, published in The Journal of Immunology, discovered that a parasitic worm suppresses neurons in the skin to evade detection. The researchers suggest that the worm likely evolved this ...

Worm infestation, medically referred to as helminthic infestation, remains one of the most common yet under-recognised health ...