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Clinical parasitology
Clinical parasitology studies how parasites cause human disease. A full understanding of clinical parasitology includes the classification and lifecycle of the parasite, the method of transmission from parasite to human, the symptoms of the disease, and the treatments used in the clinical setting.
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MAY 04, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
Babesiosis is a tick-borne disease that is caused by parasites, which infect red blood cells. The symptoms can present i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 25, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
Chagas disease is considered a neglected tropical disease; it is caused by a protozoan parasite (Trypanosoma cruzi), whi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 20, 2024Genetics & Genomics
Some species of the parasite Trypanosoma brucei can a serious and deadly illness caused sleeping sickness. These parasit ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 28, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
Lyme disease occurs when someone is bitten by a deer tick that is carrying pathogenic bacteria called Borrelia burgdorfe ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 07, 2023Microbiology
Many people are familiar with a parasite called Toxoplasma gondii because it is carried by cats. It is also found in und ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 21, 2023Microbiology
Researchers have discovered that brown rats living near Atlanta, Georgia are carrying a parasite called rat lungworm, or ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 28, 2021Immunology
Ancylostoma caninum, a type of hookworm, attached to the intestinal mucosa. Image via Wikimedia Commons. Hookworms are b ...Written By: Tara FernandesNOV 11, 2021Immunology
Researchers looking into the immunology of malaria infections have made an unexpected find that could ultimately lead to ...Written By: Tara FernandesNOV 05, 2021Microbiology
Malaria is the most common infectious disease in the world, and infected over 225 million people in 2019 according to th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 12, 2021Immunology
In one of the greatest global health milestones of our time, the World Health Organization has approved the widespread d ...Written By: Tara FernandesSEP 30, 2021Microbiology
When health officials are trying to control a disease outbreak, diagnostic tests can be a crucial tool that provides inf ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 10, 2021Immunology
A study by researchers at the Scripps Research Institute looking into potential COVID-19 medications has revealed a surp ...Written By: Tara FernandesAPR 04, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Malaria is a major health problem in many parts of the world; nearly half a million people die from malaria, and another ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 04, 2021Immunology
Malaria is a disease caused by single-celled parasites from the Plasmodium group, transmitted to humans through infected ...Written By: Tara FernandesNOV 05, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
It looks like a Band-Aid — a small, adhesive patch that is applied directly to the skin. This simple, low-cost dia ...Written By: Tara FernandesOCT 12, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Mosquitoes can transmit the malaria-causing Plasmodium parasite to humans. Malaria was estimated to have caused the deat ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 10, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
A team of innovators from Stanford University has invented the Onchoscope: a low-cost, customizable microscope fo ...Written By: Tara FernandesJUL 13, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
The Sechenov University Center for Clinical Research in Moscow, Russia, has completed its first round of clinical trials ...Written By: Annie LennonJUN 16, 2020Microbiology
The World Health Organization has estimated that parasitic infections cause over 48 million cases of illness and 59,000 ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 05, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
As death tolls continue to rise from COVID-19, the scramble for new treatments to counter the virus surges on. Now, rese ...Written By: Annie LennonFEB 11, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
Your smartphone lets you connect with friends, stores your memories, sends work emails and pays for your groceries. Soon ...Written By: Tara FernandesJAN 16, 2020Health & Medicine
Would you accept a vaccine that was only 40% effective? For those at risk of malaria, the answer is likely a resounding, ...Written By: Tiffany DazetJAN 07, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
Here’s one Latin lover that you do not want to get kissed by: triatomines, or “kissing bugs”. Known lo ...Written By: Tara FernandesOCT 19, 2019Microbiology
Around a third of the global population, including 40 million Americans are thought to be infected with a parasite calle ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
MAY 04, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
Babesiosis is a tick-borne disease that is caused by parasites, which infect red blood cells. The symptoms can present i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 25, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
Chagas disease is considered a neglected tropical disease; it is caused by a protozoan parasite (Trypanosoma cruzi), whi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 20, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
Some species of the parasite Trypanosoma brucei can a serious and deadly illness caused sleeping sickness. These parasit
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 28, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
Lyme disease occurs when someone is bitten by a deer tick that is carrying pathogenic bacteria called Borrelia burgdorfe
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 07, 2023
Microbiology
Many people are familiar with a parasite called Toxoplasma gondii because it is carried by cats. It is also found in und
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 21, 2023
Microbiology
Researchers have discovered that brown rats living near Atlanta, Georgia are carrying a parasite called rat lungworm, or
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 28, 2021
Immunology
Ancylostoma caninum, a type of hookworm, attached to the intestinal mucosa. Image via Wikimedia Commons. Hookworms are b
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 11, 2021
Immunology
Researchers looking into the immunology of malaria infections have made an unexpected find that could ultimately lead to
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 05, 2021
Microbiology
Malaria is the most common infectious disease in the world, and infected over 225 million people in 2019 according to th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 12, 2021
Immunology
In one of the greatest global health milestones of our time, the World Health Organization has approved the widespread d
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
SEP 30, 2021
Microbiology
When health officials are trying to control a disease outbreak, diagnostic tests can be a crucial tool that provides inf
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 10, 2021
Immunology
A study by researchers at the Scripps Research Institute looking into potential COVID-19 medications has revealed a surp
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
APR 04, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Malaria is a major health problem in many parts of the world; nearly half a million people die from malaria, and another
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 04, 2021
Immunology
Malaria is a disease caused by single-celled parasites from the Plasmodium group, transmitted to humans through infected
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 05, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
It looks like a Band-Aid — a small, adhesive patch that is applied directly to the skin. This simple, low-cost dia
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
OCT 12, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Mosquitoes can transmit the malaria-causing Plasmodium parasite to humans. Malaria was estimated to have caused the deat
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 10, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
A team of innovators from Stanford University has invented the Onchoscope: a low-cost, customizable microscope fo
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JUL 13, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
The Sechenov University Center for Clinical Research in Moscow, Russia, has completed its first round of clinical trials
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 16, 2020
Microbiology
The World Health Organization has estimated that parasitic infections cause over 48 million cases of illness and 59,000
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 05, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
As death tolls continue to rise from COVID-19, the scramble for new treatments to counter the virus surges on. Now, rese
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
FEB 11, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
Your smartphone lets you connect with friends, stores your memories, sends work emails and pays for your groceries. Soon
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JAN 16, 2020
Health & Medicine
Would you accept a vaccine that was only 40% effective? For those at risk of malaria, the answer is likely a resounding,
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JAN 07, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
Here’s one Latin lover that you do not want to get kissed by: triatomines, or “kissing bugs”. Known lo
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
OCT 19, 2019
Microbiology
Around a third of the global population, including 40 million Americans are thought to be infected with a parasite calle
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch