Investigating gene expression in the brains of infected and uninfected sticklebacks can help shed light on the molecular mechanisms used by parasites… Read more »
Surveys of red deer in the Scottish highlands found that individuals were more likely to be infected if they were male and if their home range had… Read more »
The current endemic has changed a lot in academic publishing, resulting in the fast production of large quantities of texts… Read more »
New methods have been developed to better understand the impact parasites have on each other when they infect the same hosts.
Today, Riccardo Scotti and Cinzia Cantacessi discuss the 'MICrobiome HELminth INteractions database' (MICHELINdb), an online… Read more »
Schistosomiasis is a ‘neglected tropical disease’ caused by infection with a freshwater parasitic worm. But is it still a… Read more »
An international consortium of scientists more than doubled the number of available helminth genomes - producing an invaluable… Read more »
A recent study on helminths and Crohns Disease, describes how Trichuris whipworms modulate the immune system creating a protective… Read more »
The mobile phone has rapidly morphed into a device with multiple uses and is set to become a useful tool for the diagnosis of… Read more »
We caught up with Dr. Peter Hotez to ask him about his recent paper in PLOS NTD on the worm index and human development, NTDs in… Read more »
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