Parasitology

Credit: Gabor Racz, Katie Black & Scott Schrage | University of Nebraska-Lincoln As hosting gigs go, it's a tough crowd. More than 1 billion people are host to parasitic worms that take up residence in their intestines. For most,…
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Credit: Lynne Elson, 2013, CC BY 4.0 Tungiasis is a neglected tropical disease caused by penetrated sand fleas which burrow into the skin of the feet. Public health policies such as sealing house and classroom floors and daily feet…
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A study shows for the first time that the higher the avidity of antibodies induced by the RTS,S vaccine, the greater the protectionCredit: ISGlobal The quantity and quality of antibodies recognising the end region of the malaria…
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Credit: (c) 2019 Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, May 14, 2019--Dengue is on the rise, with about 20,000 patients dying each year from this mosquito-borne disease, yet despite ongoing efforts a broadly effective…
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Kanazawa University-led researchers show that inactivation of the mosquito salivary protein AAPP affects feeding on host blood, thus significantly reducing mosquito fitness characteristicsCredit: Kanazawa University Kanazawa, Japan -…
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Malaria treatment resistance could be avoided by studying how resistance evolves during drug development, according to a new paper published in Cell Chemical Biology. In a study led by Tony Holder's lab at the Crick and Ed Tate's…
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LSTM's Professor Russell Stothard is senior author on a new paper in which researchers from the UK and Malawi have described the unusual occurrence of novel schistosome hybrids infecting children along the Shire River Valley. The…
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Credit: Thatsanee Luangharn A species of globally recognised medicinal mushroom was recorded for the first time in Thailand. Commonly referred to as lingzhi, the fungus (Ganoderma tropicum) was collected from the base of a living tree…
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Credit: Pascale, et al. (2019) Paromomysin-based topical treatments were shown to be effective in curing cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL), according to a randomized, double blind study conducted in Panama and published with PLOS…
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Credit: WFU / Ken Bennett In people with chronic malaria, certain metabolic systems in the blood change to support a long-term host-parasite relationship, a finding that is key to eventually developing better detection, treatment…
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Parasites help beetle hosts function more effectivelyCredit: Andy K. Davis Athens, Ga. - A common woodland beetle that plays an important role in the decomposition of fallen trees may be getting a boost from a surprising source: parasites.…
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Washington, DC - April 30, 2019 - When rodents get infected by Toxoplasma gondii, the single-celled brain parasite that causes toxoplasmosis, they become hyperactive risk-takers. In findings published this week in mBio, researchers show…
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Credit: Hannah Miller/UC Davis A parasitic amoeba that causes severe gut disease in humans protects itself from attack by biting off pieces of host cells and putting their proteins on its own surface, according to a study by microbiologists…
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Credit: Marcelo O. Gonzaga Setting off a startling chain of events, a parasitoid wasp can force a spider to weave a special web to suspend the wasp pupa just before it finishes killing its spider host. William Eberhard, staff scientist…
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