When I tell people I study parasites that live inside ticks, I usually get one of two reactions: a shudder of disgust or a puzzled look that says, "Don't ticks already carry enough diseases?" ...

Leishmaniasis is a parasitic disease that affects up to 1 million people worldwide each year. It is caused by the protozoan ...

A new study published in PLOS Pathogens has uncovered how a common brain parasite, Toxoplasma gondii, can disrupt ...

Finnish and French scientists have revealed how the actin cytoskeleton in cells is controlled in an evolutionarily distant, pathogenic Leishmania parasite. The results also provide tools to fight ...

C. elegans crawling on deadly S. marcescens bacteria in a petri dish.(Science/AAAS) Say a thank you to the pathogens and parasites of the world: Without them, there might be no such thing as sex.

New study on pathogenic Leishmania parasite sheds light on the evolution of cell’s force-producing machinery Finnish and French scientists have revealed how the actin cytoskeleton in cells is ...

Leishmania: A Parasite That Hijacks Our Cells’ Resources to Multiply  A discovery by an INRS doctoral student sheds light on ...

Others will even protect their hosts from other parasites, such as viruses that shield bacteria against antibiotics. Bad news if you’re taking penicillin, good news for the little pathogen.

Honey bee colony losses concern beekeepers and agriculturists alike, as Apis mellifera are important crop pollinators. A pair of factors that affect the health of honey bee colonies are the mite, ...

Reduced production occurred when there was over 50,000 parasites per gram of faeces and the pathogenic strains dominated. A corresponding level of infection of more benign coccidia strains did not ...

Association of zoonotic protozoan parasites with microplastics in seawater and implications for human and wildlife health. Scientific Reports, 2022; 12 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-10485-5 ...

A mass die-off of long-spined sea urchins (Diadema antillarum), caused by an unknown pathogen, led to a 98% decline in the species in the Caribbean, which, in turn, led to a deterioration of coral ...