Over the last few days, a video of a snail infested by a mind-controlling parasite has gone viral. ... Once a bird has its fill of infected snails, this parasite enters adulthood.

The dung parasites infest local snails, eating the snails’ gonads. Then the castrated snails are eaten by fish, whose brains are eventually controlled and the cycle begins anew.

Schistosomiasis is a parasitic infection that occurs when people or snails infected with Schistosoma worms enter the freshwater, ... according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

A parasitic infection common in China and Southeast Asia could be effectively reduced by controlling snail populations, according to research. Infection with schistosomes of various species ...

Snail competition leads to fewer parasites that cause schistosomiasis ... "In many cases, however, snail control policies have not been updated for decades." For the PNAS paper, ...

Phillips: Snails can get infected with the parasite when they eat bird droppings filled with the parasite’s eggs.This parasite is a type of trematode—a parasitic flatworm that infects mollusks and ...

To stop snail fever, control the snails. That’s the takeaway of a new study of snail fever, or schistosomiasis, a tropical disease that affects more than 250 million people worldwide.

Snail competition leads to fewer parasites that cause schistosomiasis Study shows that schistosome transmission can actually be highest when snail populations are low Peer-Reviewed Publication ...

W ith the peak season for the West Nile virus upon us, many people reach for a fly swatter to kill those pesky mosquitoes, but Manfred Rau, a McGill University parasitologist, reaches for a snail ...

Controlling rats, slugs, snails key to preventing rat lungworm. By Cynthia Nazario-Leary and Kylie Wong, Special to the Star-Advertiser. June 4, 2017 ...

Rat lungworm made headlines after it infected two people in China who ate raw centipedes, but people might catch it by eating snails or vegetables from home gardens. IE 11 is not supported.