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Parasitic disease
A parasitic disease is an infectious disease transmitted by a parasite. Because parasites rely on their host for survival, most do not cause disease in their host. Examples of parasitic diseases include malaria, Chagas disease, and African trypanosomiasis (also known as sleeping sickness).
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FEB 16, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Recently, there’s been loud grumblings about a potential malaria vaccine, but a truly effective vaccine remained e ...FEB 08, 2017Microbiology
Researchers are always on the lookout for new antibiotics, particularly ones that can kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria ...Written By: Kerry EvansJAN 18, 2017Microbiology
Malaria has been a global health problem for ages; it comes from a parasite that is over 130 million years old and is re ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 17, 2017Immunology
Both natural and artificial bestowal of long-term immunity comes with risks. The same pathogen or vaccine that is confer ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 22, 2016Cancer
A mutation that confers resistance to malaria is now linked to cancer metastasis. This finding illustrates evolutionary ...NOV 22, 2016Immunology
Thanks to immune soldiers called T cells, the body is protected from most infections: viral, bacterial, parasitical, or ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 18, 2016Videos
Symbiotic relationships are interactions between species that can benefit either both or one of the species. There are t ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 13, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
By using an artificial sample of deformed wing virus (DWV), researchers have been able to learn more about the progressi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 06, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Neglected diseases are those that affect the world’s poor and are usually common in tropical areas. A new discover ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 01, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Hookworms are often associated with malodorous gastrointestinal infections in humans. But now, scientists are turning th ...OCT 14, 2016Videos
Thanks to the lymphocytes of the immune system our white blood cells and cells called antibodies made by B cells can pro ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 30, 2016Microbiology
This just in, there’s a fungus that makes mosquitoes more susceptible to malaria. Researchers at the Johns Hopkins ...Written By: Kerry EvansSEP 27, 2016Videos
Foodborne illness is very common, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimating that every year one in ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 21, 2016Videos
With the current Zika scare in the Americas, it may be easy to forget about other mosquito-related threats - mainly, mal ...SEP 10, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Heat shock proteins are known to help the body respond to stress, but new research appears to implicate one of them, Hsp ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 23, 2016Microbiology
By modeling microsporidia infection in roundworms, scientists have determined that the single-celled fungi replicate by ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 10, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Pharmaceutical giant Novartis announced drastic and fruitful measures to combat three killer parasites that affect milli ...AUG 07, 2016Microbiology
The Silk Road has been implicated in the transmission of infectious disease, and it’s no longer an educated guess. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 02, 2016Microbiology
A new report in the Journal of Fish Diseases has raised questions about the husbandry of zebrafish in laboratories every ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 07, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Making and deploying vaccines can be costly and time-consuming. But, using a new technique that involves RNA and nanopar ...JUN 30, 2016Genetics & Genomics
In the world of malaria infection, Plasmodium falciparum parasites will always be queen to their less lethal cousin, Pla ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 28, 2016Videos
Old standbys for tick removal include household products like matches, nail polish remover and petroleum jelly. But what ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 19, 2016Microbiology
A new study published in Trends in Parasitology reveals patterns that could be used to predict the locations of future z ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUN 11, 2016Microbiology
Researchers at the University of California, Riverside, figured out how Toxoplasma gondii causes neurodegenerative disea ...Written By: Kerry Evans
FEB 16, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Recently, there’s been loud grumblings about a potential malaria vaccine, but a truly effective vaccine remained e
...
FEB 08, 2017
Microbiology
Researchers are always on the lookout for new antibiotics, particularly ones that can kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JAN 18, 2017
Microbiology
Malaria has been a global health problem for ages; it comes from a parasite that is over 130 million years old and is re
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 17, 2017
Immunology
Both natural and artificial bestowal of long-term immunity comes with risks. The same pathogen or vaccine that is confer
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 22, 2016
Cancer
A mutation that confers resistance to malaria is now linked to cancer metastasis. This finding illustrates evolutionary
...
NOV 22, 2016
Immunology
Thanks to immune soldiers called T cells, the body is protected from most infections: viral, bacterial, parasitical, or
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 18, 2016
Videos
Symbiotic relationships are interactions between species that can benefit either both or one of the species. There are t
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 13, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
By using an artificial sample of deformed wing virus (DWV), researchers have been able to learn more about the progressi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 06, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Neglected diseases are those that affect the world’s poor and are usually common in tropical areas. A new discover
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 01, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Hookworms are often associated with malodorous gastrointestinal infections in humans. But now, scientists are turning th
...
OCT 14, 2016
Videos
Thanks to the lymphocytes of the immune system our white blood cells and cells called antibodies made by B cells can pro
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 30, 2016
Microbiology
This just in, there’s a fungus that makes mosquitoes more susceptible to malaria. Researchers at the Johns Hopkins
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
SEP 27, 2016
Videos
Foodborne illness is very common, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimating that every year one in
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 21, 2016
Videos
With the current Zika scare in the Americas, it may be easy to forget about other mosquito-related threats - mainly, mal
...
SEP 10, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Heat shock proteins are known to help the body respond to stress, but new research appears to implicate one of them, Hsp
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 23, 2016
Microbiology
By modeling microsporidia infection in roundworms, scientists have determined that the single-celled fungi replicate by
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 10, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Pharmaceutical giant Novartis announced drastic and fruitful measures to combat three killer parasites that affect milli
...
AUG 07, 2016
Microbiology
The Silk Road has been implicated in the transmission of infectious disease, and it’s no longer an educated guess.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 02, 2016
Microbiology
A new report in the Journal of Fish Diseases has raised questions about the husbandry of zebrafish in laboratories every
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 07, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Making and deploying vaccines can be costly and time-consuming. But, using a new technique that involves RNA and nanopar
...
JUN 30, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
In the world of malaria infection, Plasmodium falciparum parasites will always be queen to their less lethal cousin, Pla
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 28, 2016
Videos
Old standbys for tick removal include household products like matches, nail polish remover and petroleum jelly. But what
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 19, 2016
Microbiology
A new study published in Trends in Parasitology reveals patterns that could be used to predict the locations of future z
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUN 11, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers at the University of California, Riverside, figured out how Toxoplasma gondii causes neurodegenerative disea
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans