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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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JUL 07, 2015Videos
Each year in the United States approximately 1 in 6 Americans will contract a foodborne illness. In order to estimate th ...Written By: Sarah HertrichAPR 27, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Molecular biologists and engineers who study how malaria causes red blood cells to stiffen have found that a model of a ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 26, 2015Immunology
The first malaria vaccine candidate (RTS,S/AS01) to reach phase 3 clinical testing is partially effective against clinic ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 24, 2015Health & Medicine
Scientists have long suspected that respiratory viruses - the sort that cause common colds or bronchitis - play a critic ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 23, 2015Health & Medicine
Black-legged deer ticks are rapidly growing in number, expanding their range, and carrying pathogens into places where t ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 27, 2015Immunology
A team at Rockefeller University tracked the appearance and disappearance of protein coats within the blood of mice infe ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 04, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Evolution brings improvements, but it's also a hotbed for lots of diseases that defy treatment.
We see this i ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 04, 2015Immunology
Rats in New York City carry a species of flea that is capable of transmitting plague pathogens.
For a new stu ...Written By: Jennifer EllisMAR 03, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Tiny parasitic hookworms infect nearly half a billion people worldwide, almost exclusively in developing countries. Rese ...Written By: Jennifer EllisFEB 25, 2015Microbiology
Up to one million people -- mainly pregnant woman and young children -- are killed each year by the Plasmodium falciparu ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 23, 2015Microbiology
The appearance of infectious diseases in new places and new hosts, such as West Nile virus and Ebola, is a predictable r ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeDEC 19, 2014Videos
Malaria is a vector-borne infectious disease caused by a protozoan parasite of the genus Plasmodium, which is transmitte ...Written By: Robert WoodardNOV 26, 2014Health & Medicine
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Prof. Zvi Bentwich Receives Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation GrantBen-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) Professor Zvi Bentwich has received a Grand Challenges in Global Health Grant f ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 19, 2014Genetics & Genomics
After a decade-long effort a team of more than 140 scientists have deciphered the tsetse fly's (Glossina morsitans) geno ...Written By: Peter MicheliDEC 26, 2013Genetics & Genomics
While DNA forms the basis of life, it can also go astray, causing problems within the human body. One such variety of tr ...
JUL 07, 2015
Videos
Each year in the United States approximately 1 in 6 Americans will contract a foodborne illness. In order to estimate th
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
APR 27, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Molecular biologists and engineers who study how malaria causes red blood cells to stiffen have found that a model of a
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 26, 2015
Immunology
The first malaria vaccine candidate (RTS,S/AS01) to reach phase 3 clinical testing is partially effective against clinic
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 24, 2015
Health & Medicine
Scientists have long suspected that respiratory viruses - the sort that cause common colds or bronchitis - play a critic
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 23, 2015
Health & Medicine
Black-legged deer ticks are rapidly growing in number, expanding their range, and carrying pathogens into places where t
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 27, 2015
Immunology
A team at Rockefeller University tracked the appearance and disappearance of protein coats within the blood of mice infe
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 04, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Evolution brings improvements, but it's also a hotbed for lots of diseases that defy treatment.
We see this i ...
We see this i ...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 04, 2015
Immunology
Rats in New York City carry a species of flea that is capable of transmitting plague pathogens.
For a new stu ...
For a new stu ...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
MAR 03, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Tiny parasitic hookworms infect nearly half a billion people worldwide, almost exclusively in developing countries. Rese
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
FEB 25, 2015
Microbiology
Up to one million people -- mainly pregnant woman and young children -- are killed each year by the Plasmodium falciparu
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 23, 2015
Microbiology
The appearance of infectious diseases in new places and new hosts, such as West Nile virus and Ebola, is a predictable r
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
DEC 19, 2014
Videos
Malaria is a vector-borne infectious disease caused by a protozoan parasite of the genus Plasmodium, which is transmitte
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
NOV 26, 2014
Health & Medicine
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Prof. Zvi Bentwich Receives Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Grant
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) Professor Zvi Bentwich has received a Grand Challenges in Global Health Grant f
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 19, 2014
Genetics & Genomics
After a decade-long effort a team of more than 140 scientists have deciphered the tsetse fly's (Glossina morsitans) geno
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli
DEC 26, 2013
Genetics & Genomics
While DNA forms the basis of life, it can also go astray, causing problems within the human body. One such variety of tr
...