Over 1,400 species of parasites -- viruses, bacteria, fungi, intestinal worms and protozoa -- are able to infect humans. In most cases, the right medicine against a parasite cures the patient. If ...

Over 1,400 species of parasites – viruses, bacteria, fungi, intestinal worms and protozoa – are able to infect humans. In most cases, the right medicine against a parasite cures the patient.

Summary: New research highlights how parasitic infections can alter brain chemistry and behavior in humans. Toxoplasma gondii, among others, appears to manipulate dopamine and immune responses, ...

Protozoan infections are one of types of infections that occur in humans because of various reasons. It can cause sleeping sickness , amoebic dysentery and malaria. Protozoa of different kinds ...

Could microscopic parasites have the ability to take control of a human being? Scientists are starting to think so. A third of the world's population may have a parasitic infection that scientists ...

Protozoa of the genera Cryptosporidium and Giardia are among the most common causes of waterborne diarrheal outbreaks in developed countries. They can be ingested accidentally by humans through ...

The parasites that causes malaria, which belong to the genus Plasmodium, spread to humans through mosquito bites. A handful of studies have found that female mosquitoes infected with a certain ...

The drug, which is commonly used to treat parasites in humans and animals, is selling out at veterinary stores and has become a common prescription request across the U.S.

Tapeworms are flat, segmented worms that live in the intestines of some animals. Animals can become infected with these parasites when grazing in pastures or drinking contaminated water.. Eating ...

Researchers from the University of Zaragoza (Spain) have analyzed drinking water and detected oocysts of Cryptosporidium and cysts of Giardia, two protozoa that cause outbreaks of diarrhea in humans.