Leishmaniasis belongs to the class of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) that particularly affect people in the poorest ...

DOH said that from Jan. 1, 2014, to the present, there have been 102 cases of rat lungworm disease reported statewide — 78 ...

Cats can carry a parasite in their feces that causes a disease called toxoplasmosis in humans — here's how to stay safe.

Once confined to Latin America, Chagas disease – a potentially deadly parasitic infection that is spread in a gross way – is ...

Rajshekhar Gaji was staring at something that should not exist. Under his microscope, parasites that should have been ...

The disease occurs in two states, acute and chronic. During the acute phase, which occurs within the first weeks or months after infection, symptoms are more mild. Those may include eyelid swelling, ...

A parasitic disease commonly transmitted in the feces of a bloodsucking insect in South America, Central America, and Mexico now affects an estimated 300,000 people in the United States, according to ...

Researchers are studying the signaling pathway that leads the parasite responsible for Chagas disease to transform and reproduce. They follow that pathway from the beginning when an uninfected kissing ...

White-tailed deer host these brain worms, but they don’t actually get the disease, which makes it harder for biologists to ...

Infections such as Chagas disease, African sleeping sickness, and leishmaniasis are caused by a group of microorganisms called kinetoplastids. In a new study, a research team used a ...

Strategic management, disease prevention and parasite control set replacement heifers up for lifelong productivity.

Almost everything about insects called kissing bugs is revolting, from the insidious way they bite people’s faces at night to drink their blood while they sleep to the way they spread disease through ...