The Chagas disease parasite (Trypanosoma cruzi) undergoes a major transformation throughout its life cycle in order to infect ...

Parasites are a major global health problem, underlying many human diseases worldwide. For example, Plasmodium falciparum, the parasite responsible for malaria, plays a well-established role; however, ...

Osaka, Japan – Parasites are a major global health problem, underlying many human diseases worldwide. For example, Plasmodium falciparum, the parasite responsible for malaria, plays a well-established ...

A parasite called Toxoplasma gondii may infect up to one-third of people worldwide. Most infected people never know they carry it because the infection often causes no clear symptoms. However, the ...

Helminth infections in northern bobwhite populations are shaped by complex interactions among host biology, parasite life-cycles and environmental conditions. Aulonocephalus pennula and Oxyspirura ...

Researchers studying the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum have discovered a previously unknown stage in its life cycle that appears to be crucial for reproduction. This is important because ...

Cyclospora, the parasite that has sickened thousands this summer in the U.S., requires time in the human digestive tract to reproduce.