Scientists have uncovered a hidden battle between a widespread brain parasite and the immune cells tasked with destroying it. A parasite that can quietly persist in the human brain is capable of ...

A common parasite expands across species by abandoning sex, boosting short-term spread while risking long-term collapse.

Australian researchers have uncovered how a particular strain of a diarrhea-causing parasite managed to infect more animal ...

The parasite that may already live in your brain can infect the very immune cells trying to destroy it, but new UVA Health ...

“Our clinical and epidemiologic findings show that the zoonotic eye fluke P. lacrymosus can infect humans in South America.

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The parasite that may already live in your brain can infect the very immune cells trying to destroy it, but new UVA Health research reveals how our bodies keep it under control.

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...