Tag: Parasitology

Global-scale analysis of losses due to chytrid fungus paints a grim picture: 500 species declines, 90 of which have already ...

Credit: Nathan Schroeder, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - The soybean cyst nematode, one of the crop's most destructive pests, ...

Microscopic analysis shows feather mites may be beneficial to birds -- not harmful, as previously thoughtCredit: Heather Proctor Feather mites ...

Patent-pending discoveryCredit: UNH DURHAM, N.H.--Roundworms that feed on plants cause approximately $100 billion in annual global crop damage. Now researchers ...

Parasitic worms cause cancer -- and could help cure it Billions worldwide are infected with tropical worms. Unsurprisingly, most of ...

When consumed in contaminated water, the microscopic parasite Cryptosporidium can cause symptoms of stomach cramps, diarrhea and fever. Now, researchers ...

Credit: Dennis Kunkel, Sarah Bordenstein and Robert Brucker WOODS HOLE, Mass. — Controlling mosquito-borne illnesses, such as Dengue or West ...

In certain ant species, queens invade the colonies of other species, kill the host queen or queens and lay their ...

UC Riverside research focused on interaction between nitrogen-fixing bacteria and their hostsCredit: Sachs lab, UC Riverside Mutualisms, which are interactions ...

Credit: Matthew Jones, Washington State University Food safety regulations increasingly pressure growers to remove hedgerows, ponds and other natural habitats ...

A study into the effectiveness of disinfecting birds' nests, carried out by the University of Kent, has led to a ...

Credit: (Image: Dermatologische Klinik, USZ) The skin of humans and animals is densely populated by fungi. It is suspected that ...

Credit: Richard Fell, Professor Emeritus at Virginia Tech Researchers from Virginia Tech were part of a collaborative $958,415 National Science ...

The results could help remove one of the barriers to treatment scale up and bring new hope for people with ...

Credit: Christensen, et al. (CC BY 4.0, 2019) In diffuse cutaneous leishmanisis (DCL), a rare form of leishmaniasis, parasites grow ...

By combining artificial intelligence and hyperspectral imaging, we can make sure facilities are clean during norovirus and flu season -- ...

Unitaid has awarded a US$25.3 million grant to the Barcelona Institute for Global Health for a project that seeks to ...

Preening drives divergent camouflage in feather lice on both micro- and macro-evolutionary timescalesCredit: Adapted from Bush et. al. 2019. Evo ...

A rapidly evolving new subspecies of the cryptosporidium parasite - a leading cause of diarrhoeal disease in children worldwide - ...

P. falciparum parasites can develop drug resistance by epigenetic changes in clag3 gene expressionCredit: Mira et al, 2019 Resistance to ...