An international team has found a new RNA virus that they believe is hitching a ride with a common human parasite. The virus is associated with severe inflammation in humans infected with the parasite ...

A stealthy parasite behind deadly sleeping sickness has been caught using an astonishing trick to evade the human immune system. Credit: Shutterstock A deadly parasite stays hidden by shredding its ...

Entamoeba histolytica infects nearly 50 million people each year and kills around 70,000. It’s a shape-shifting parasite that invades the human gut, often causing mild symptoms like diarrhea. But in ...

A cat parasite that can infect humans is called toxoplasma and it's a parasite that can live in all cat species. The parasite can spread to almost all other birds and mammals, not just humans, on ...

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A new study finds that domesticated and wild cats were more likely to poop out Toxoplasma gondii in areas densely packed with humans. Reading time 3 minutes Humans could be contributing to the spread ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I am a microbiologist, and my lab studies Toxoplasma. This new study bolsters emerging findings that underscore the importance of ...