Nowaday, zoonoses are an important cause of human parasitic diseases worldwide and a major threat to the socio-economic development, mainly in developing countries. Importantly, zoonotic helminths that affect human eyes (HIE) may cause blindness with severe socio-economic consequences to human communit...
Equally interesting is what parasites can reveal about, for example, past human migrations, such as the peopling of the Americas during the last ice age. It is widely accepted that humans migrated across the Bering Land Bridge from Asia into North America. But could some people separately have...
Adult Anisakis worms are found in the lumen of the forestomach and do not seem to affect the health of the whales, but infection with Anisakis larvae has been associated with gastric lesions (Migaki et al., 1982). Single to multiple granulomas caused by anisakid type larvae have been ...
According to the CDC, cat scratch disease can affect the human brain, eyes, heart, or other internal organs—though these rare complications are more likely to occur in children under the age of five and in people with compromised or weakened immune systems. How To Rid Your House of Fleas ...
These worms, contracted from fly bites, travel around in the subcutaneous tissues of a human and sometimes make it to the eyes, where an infected human might feel them crawling around. Although they don’t normally affect vision, Loa Loa worms cause horrible irritation and pain. Thankfully, ...
The examples cited suggest that increased levels of NO at the host-parasite interface could not only participate in the host defense response but also potentially affect neuromodulation and/or neuronal development in the brain of M. papillorobustus- infected G. insensibilis. Encapsulation of ...
They’re “gross and slimy and flaccid and wiggling.” But parasites can be just as important as more charismatic animals—and many may be on the verge of disappearing.
Parasite infection is one of the many environmental factors that can significantly contribute to carcinogenesis and is already known to be associated with a variety of malignancies in both human and veterinary medicine. However, the actual number of canc
How familiar are you with the fact that pinworm and other parasites can affect your mood, anxiety and sleep, as well as cause gut issues? If you’re interested in learning more about testing and herbal protocols please let me know. If you’d like to share what has worked for you please...
Ectoparasites may affect individual body condition and fitness and thereby affect population health, but also need to be considered as potential vectors for inter- and intraspecific pathogen transmission. Non-human primates are of particular importance in this context, due to their phylogenetic proximity...