Honey bee colony losses concern beekeepers and agriculturists alike, as Apis mellifera are important crop pollinators. A pair of factors that affect the health of honey bee colonies are the mite, ...
Scientists have uncovered a hidden battle between a widespread brain parasite and the immune cells tasked with destroying it. A parasite that can quietly persist in the human brain is capable of ...
LMU parasitologists have shown that a complex of two protein variants plays a significant role in toxoplasmosis infection. One of the most widespread zoonoses worldwide, toxoplasmosis is an infectious ...
A parasite which has devastating impacts on agriculture and human health is the first pathogen to have its proteins located and mapped within its cells -- providing clues to their function and helping ...
A microscopic parasite that can live for decades in the human brain infects an estimated one-third of the world's population ...
The parasite that may already live in your brain can infect the very immune cells trying to destroy it, but new UVA Health ...
Diseases have the potential to shape human evolution, leaving an indelible mark on the genetic code of generations to come. And that’s exactly what happened in South America, finds a study published ...
Oregon officials have killed about 160,000 rainbow trout to stop the spread of a pathogen they hadn’t seen before. Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife staff discovered the parasite after they ...