Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have shown that the Cryptosporidium parasite exports a protein into infected intestinal cells, altering the gut environment and enabling the parasite to ...

You can take certain steps to lower your chances of becoming an unwitting host to one of these nasties. Practicing basic ...

Here’s a comforting thought: you might not actually be alone in your own body right now. Parasites are far more common than most people realize, and they don’t care about your personal boundaries, ...

The intestinal parasite Cryptosporidium, which causes a diarrheal disease, is very good at infecting humans. It's the leading cause of waterborne disease from recreational waters in the United States.

Entamoeba histolytica infects nearly 50 million people each year and kills around 70,000. It’s a shape-shifting parasite that invades the human gut, often causing mild symptoms like diarrhea. But in ...

An intestinal parasite that causes diarrhea in humans also makes its home in pigs. The existence of the single-celled parasite, Dientamoeba fragilis, in pigs is important, the researchers explain, ...

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