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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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JUN 05, 2016Microbiology
Scientists have begun to voice concerns about a perceived lack of data reproducibility. A pillar of the scientific metho ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 28, 2016Videos
Would you be able to survive 2.5 million years ago? At the time, Earth was in the Pleistocene epoch. This geological epo ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetMAY 05, 2016Microbiology
Zika virus is a hot topic, especially because it may cause microcephaly. Researchers are working diligently to develop s ...Written By: Kerry EvansAPR 19, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Mosquitos and Zika have dominated the headlines in the last several months. But in the midst of Zika, other mosquito-bor ...APR 16, 2016Videos
White blood cells (leukocytes) are immune system cells that protect the body against diseases and foreign invaders. Whil ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetAPR 15, 2016Microbiology
Researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center found that helminth infection in the gut triggers immune responses that alter ...Written By: Kerry EvansMAR 30, 2016Health & Medicine
Controlling the mosquito population that spreads the malaria parasite has long been a technique for reducing the prevale ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 29, 2016Microbiology
Malaria has long been considered a relatively modern disease - researchers thought the modern parasites had only been ar ...Written By: Kerry EvansMAR 08, 2016Cardiology
Malaria killed about 440,000 people—mostly young children—last year, but a new drug candidate may help fight ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 08, 2016Microbiology
A new cell-based model of the human placenta could help explain how pathogens cross from mother to unborn child. The res ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)FEB 21, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
A staggering 30-50% of the world’s population is estimated to be infected with the parasite Toxoplasma gondii. Thi ...DEC 26, 2015Microbiology
Malaria vaccines have been largely unsuccessful because the body produces a poor antibody response to the parasite. &nbs ...Written By: Kerry EvansDEC 19, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
In West and Central Africa, a bite from the tsetse fly could send a person in to a fatal coma. Doctors have now develope ...NOV 28, 2015Immunology
Leishmaniasis is an infection disease caused by the bite of infected sand flies, and it's usually found in tropical ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 24, 2015Microbiology
Thanksgiving is fast-approaching, which means many of us will be chowing down on turkey. I thought, “what be ...Written By: Kerry EvansNOV 06, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Trypanosoma brucei is a complex of protozoan parasites that cause a disease known as African sleeping sickness. There ar ...Written By: Sarah HertrichOCT 27, 2015Immunology
We depend on our immune cells to protect us against infections from foreign invaders like bacteria, viruses, and parasit ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 22, 2015Microbiology
A team of investigators recently sequenced the microbiome of a mummy from the Incan capital of Cuzco. The mummy, a ...Written By: Kerry EvansSEP 30, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Plant parasitic nematodes, such as the well-known root-knot nematode and the cyst nematode, invade plant roots near the ...Written By: Sarah HertrichSEP 25, 2015Genetics & Genomics
To protect people from infectious disease, clinicians can target pathogens and parasites with medicines such as antibiot ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 17, 2015Microbiology
Agrobacterium tumefaciens is a plant pathogen responsible for crown gall disease. I know what you’re thinkin ...Written By: Kerry EvansAUG 06, 2015Health & Medicine
A tsetse fly bite in rural Africa could cause Sleeping Sickness, but a new initiative in Uganda is successfully using bl ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 28, 2015Health & Medicine
If you've purchased any Cilantro recently, you might want to make sure it's not imported from the Mexican state of Puebl ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 10, 2015Videos
It's that time of the year again. If you're having trouble breathing, or experiencing a lot of sneezing or mucus, you're ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
JUN 05, 2016
Microbiology
Scientists have begun to voice concerns about a perceived lack of data reproducibility. A pillar of the scientific metho
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 28, 2016
Videos
Would you be able to survive 2.5 million years ago? At the time, Earth was in the Pleistocene epoch. This geological epo
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
MAY 05, 2016
Microbiology
Zika virus is a hot topic, especially because it may cause microcephaly. Researchers are working diligently to develop s
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
APR 19, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Mosquitos and Zika have dominated the headlines in the last several months. But in the midst of Zika, other mosquito-bor
...
APR 16, 2016
Videos
White blood cells (leukocytes) are immune system cells that protect the body against diseases and foreign invaders. Whil
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
APR 15, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center found that helminth infection in the gut triggers immune responses that alter
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
MAR 30, 2016
Health & Medicine
Controlling the mosquito population that spreads the malaria parasite has long been a technique for reducing the prevale
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 29, 2016
Microbiology
Malaria has long been considered a relatively modern disease - researchers thought the modern parasites had only been ar
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
MAR 08, 2016
Cardiology
Malaria killed about 440,000 people—mostly young children—last year, but a new drug candidate may help fight
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 08, 2016
Microbiology
A new cell-based model of the human placenta could help explain how pathogens cross from mother to unborn child. The res
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
FEB 21, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
A staggering 30-50% of the world’s population is estimated to be infected with the parasite Toxoplasma gondii. Thi
...
DEC 26, 2015
Microbiology
Malaria vaccines have been largely unsuccessful because the body produces a poor antibody response to the parasite. &nbs
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
DEC 19, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
In West and Central Africa, a bite from the tsetse fly could send a person in to a fatal coma. Doctors have now develope
...
NOV 28, 2015
Immunology
Leishmaniasis is an infection disease caused by the bite of infected sand flies, and it's usually found in tropical
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 24, 2015
Microbiology
Thanksgiving is fast-approaching, which means many of us will be chowing down on turkey. I thought, “what be
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
NOV 06, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Trypanosoma brucei is a complex of protozoan parasites that cause a disease known as African sleeping sickness. There ar
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
OCT 27, 2015
Immunology
We depend on our immune cells to protect us against infections from foreign invaders like bacteria, viruses, and parasit
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 22, 2015
Microbiology
A team of investigators recently sequenced the microbiome of a mummy from the Incan capital of Cuzco. The mummy, a
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
SEP 30, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Plant parasitic nematodes, such as the well-known root-knot nematode and the cyst nematode, invade plant roots near the
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
SEP 25, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
To protect people from infectious disease, clinicians can target pathogens and parasites with medicines such as antibiot
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 17, 2015
Microbiology
Agrobacterium tumefaciens is a plant pathogen responsible for crown gall disease. I know what you’re thinkin
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
AUG 06, 2015
Health & Medicine
A tsetse fly bite in rural Africa could cause Sleeping Sickness, but a new initiative in Uganda is successfully using bl
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 28, 2015
Health & Medicine
If you've purchased any Cilantro recently, you might want to make sure it's not imported from the Mexican state of Puebl
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 10, 2015
Videos
It's that time of the year again. If you're having trouble breathing, or experiencing a lot of sneezing or mucus, you're
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard