You may have no symptoms at all ... Like ticks, mosquitoes feed on the blood of humans and animals, making them parasites. Mosquitoes are carriers of a variety of different diseases, including ...

Here are 32 parasites that can infect humans, including some well-known ... Though the initial symptoms include fever, headache or rash, Chagas disease can be a lifelong illness that results ...

These parasites, which include various types of protozoa and helminths (worms), can be transmitted between animals and, in some cases, to humans. Recent research has focused on understanding the ...

This involvement may manifest in different ways, but the syndromes resulting from impairment of the myocardium and pericardium are the most frequent. The myocardium may be invaded by parasites that ...

Capnocytophaga infections in humans are rare, especially in historically healthy individuals. But when it occurs, the disease ...

Trypanosomes are parasites that cause sleeping sickness, Chagas disease, and various animal diseases. Diagnosis and treatment remain complex and no effective vaccine has been developed. A better ...

In infected humans, parasites can, directly and indirectly, manipulate and subvert host immunity and cause diseases. For example, the interaction of Plasmodium falciparum ligands (at the host cell ...