A second case of the flesh-eating parasite New World Screwworm has been confirmed in Texas on Friday.

The US has detected a parasite that can eat cattle and wild animals alive for the first time in six decades. New World ...

A flesh-eating parasite that feeds on warm-blooded animals has been detected in the United States, prompting fears among ...

Sand flies transmit over 20 species of infectious Leishmania parasites, which infect host macrophages and other immune cells. Various factors can have an influence on whether or not infections are ...

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Two more cases of New World screwworm were confirmed in Texas. One case in a dog is hundreds of miles from the first ...

Scientists have discovered new ways in which the malaria parasite survives in the blood stream of its victims, a discovery that could pave the way to new treatments for the disease. The researchers at ...

(CNN) — When a 64-year-old Australian woman was sent to hospital for brain surgery, neurosurgeon Dr. Hari Priya Bandi was not expecting to pull out a live 8-centimeter (3-inch) long parasitic ...