Further tests confirmed that the woman was infected with Angiostrongylus cantonensis, a parasitic worm often contracted from eating undercooked seafood. The worms caused eosinophilic meningitis ...

And one afternoon a few years ago he sat in his office with some of his lab members Googling parasites. Karp, an associate professor at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, was ...

Findings from a new study could help doctors select more effective treatments earlier for patients suffering from leishmaniasis, a disfiguring skin infection.

Photo: Supplied. “One theory is that their ichthyocrinotoxins – toxins they secrete on their skin – afford them some protection against parasites,” Ms Lennox-Bulow said. The scientists ...

Parasitic infections can trigger skin reactions, including itchy rashes, eczema-like symptoms, hives and acne outbreaks. This happens because worms release toxins that overstimulate the immune ...

Scientists this week published information on an unprecedented case in Australia, where they found and extracted a live parasitic worm from the brain of a woman in Canberra. The worm was some 8 ...