A recent study posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server reported that helminth exposure enhances viral clearance and survival of mice challenged with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . About 25% of the world’s population — more than 1.5 billion people — are infected with soil-transmitted ...

Many of these infections are highly stigmatizing in the community, particularly when they cause changes in physical appearance and infertility. Malnutrition is another complication of a high worm ...

Researchers have uncovered why some intestinal worm infections become chronic in animal models, which could eventually lead to human vaccines and improved treatments. Parasitic worms, also called ...

New research from the University of Pittsburgh reveals how the immune system defends against intestinal parasitic worms, or helminths, one of the most common infections worldwide in communities with ...

Infection with parasitic intestinal worms (helminths) can apparently cause sexually transmitted viral in-fections to be much more severe elsewhere in the body. This is shown by a study led by the ...

Some parasites "turn down" the host's immune response, and evidence suggests that helminth infection can help patients suffering from allergies, asthma, inflammatory bowel disease, multiple sclerosis, ...

People infected with a parasitic worm called Wuchereria bancrofti in areas where HIV is endemic may be more likely to acquire HIV than people who are not infected with the worm, according to a new ...