A new red blood cell parasite, Theileria orientalis Ikeda, associated with the invasive Asian longhorned tick has been detected in Kansas. This parasite causes a disease called theileria, also called ...

Kansas researchers are monitoring the spread of an invasive tick species that poses a threat to the state's cattle through a ...

Sneaky parasite evades the human immune system by stripping cells and wearing them as a disguise Parasites are known to infect human cells through a variety of ingenious mechanisms. Many of them have ...

Inside malaria parasites, tiny iron crystals spin like rockets, revealing a hidden weakness scientists may be able to exploit ...

Why do parasites harm their hosts? That's a question evolutionary biologists ask as they try to predict how a parasite might ...

Avian blood parasites, predominantly comprising haemosporidians such as Plasmodium, Haemoproteus and Leucocytozoon, have emerged as significant factors influencing bird health, survival and ...

Parasitic infections pose challenges to creating effective therapies because these microorganisms are eukaryotic, like the humans and animals that they infect. Additionally, species like Toxoplasma ...

THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Parasites take an enormous toll on human and veterinary health. But researchers may have found a way for patients ...