A resilient parasite carried by raccoons is spreading across Europe, posing a severe neurological threat to humans. Experts ...

A resilient raccoon-carried parasite is rapidly spreading across Europe, posing a significant neurological risk to humans, ...

Romans living in ancient Britain were plagued by intestinal parasites, all of which are spread by fecal contamination ...

A new analysis of sewer drains from the Roman fort of Vindolanda, close to Hadrian's Wall, has shown that the occupants were ...

Scientists claim that mature roundworms which live in the small intestine of raccoons can produce upto 180,000 eggs every day ...

Sediments from a Roman latrine at Vindolanda show soldiers were infected with multiple intestinal parasites, including ...

It probably sucked to be a Roman soldier guarding Hadrian’s Wall circa the third century CE. W.H. Auden imagined the likely ...

Roundworms are eight- to 12-inches-long and live in the intestines, They can cause abdominal pain, fever, and diarrhea. The types of roundworms typically in humans include pinworms and ascariasis, but ...

An analysis of sewer drains from a Roman fort has shown that the occupants were contaminated with three types of intestinal ...

The world's first case of a new parasitic infection in humans has been discovered by researchers who detected a live eight-centimeter roundworm from a carpet python in the brain of a 64- year-old ...

The paper «Ascaris exposure associated with lung function, asthma and DNA-methylation in Northern-Europe» was just published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. The study is a ...

The raccoon roundworm Baylisascaris procyonis can cause severe diseases in humans, including fatal brain damage. A research ...