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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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AUG 20, 2020Plants & Animals
August 20th, 2020 is World Mosquito Day. Why celebrate an animal dubbed as one of the “world’s deadliest&rdq ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAUG 17, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
How Do Medications Deal With Parasitic Infections? Researchers have been curious to know how a common medication battles ...Written By: Nouran AminAUG 04, 2020Microbiology
Researchers at JHU are starting a controlled trial that aims to learn whether plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients ca ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 04, 2020Microbiology
Toxoplasma gondii is a parasite transmitted by cats and contaminated meat, and it's thought that over 30 million America ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 31, 2020Plants & Animals
Researchers from West Virginia University (WVU) recently discovered how a parasitic fungus uses male cicadas to spread i ...Written By: Tiffany DazetJUL 22, 2020Microbiology
Some microbes that live in environments as diverse as groundwater and moose have also been found in the human mouth.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 20, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
The diseases cat scratch fever and trench fever are both caused by Bartonella bacteria. Animals can transmit these patho ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 18, 2020Earth & The Environment
Breaking news reports that agrochemicals that pollute our waters also increase the transmission of the parasite that cau ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 16, 2020Microbiology
The World Health Organization has estimated that parasitic infections cause over 48 million cases of illness and 59,000 ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 26, 2020Immunology
The immune landscape is staggeringly complex, with a myriad of genetically and functionally distinct immune cell subpopu ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAY 25, 2020Microbiology
Shipworms are known as the 'termites of the sea.' They are not actually worms; these infamous mollusks that have brought ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 15, 2020Immunology
Research has long connected the human microbiome and immune system function, and now a recent study pinpoints a key poin ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 07, 2020Health & Medicine
Thanks to the success of insecticide-treated bed nets, mosquitos seem to have shifted their feeding times away from the ...Written By: Tiffany DazetMAY 05, 2020Microbiology
Scientists have discovered a bacterium that lives in mosquitoes around Lake Victoria, and appears to block malaria.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 29, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Anywhere from 25 to 80% of the world's population is infected with a parasite called Toxoplasma gondii.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 15, 2020Immunology
A specific parasitic species causes the most deaths from malaria: Plasmodium falciparum. This parasite does so by avoidi ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 11, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
At St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, researchers discovered a fast-acting anti-malarial compound with promisi ...Written By: Nouran AminAPR 07, 2020Immunology
Excessive salt intake is associated with health consequences for more than just cardiovascular status; the immune system ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 03, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
A collaborative team of researchers joined forces to study the anti-parasitic drug, Ivermectin, and it’s role in s ...Written By: Nouran AminMAR 24, 2020Cardiology
Inflammation of the heart muscle can affect the hearts electrical system. This can reduce the heart's ability to pum ...Written By: Abbie ArceMAR 16, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
New and reemerging microbial threats continue to challenge the public health and infectious disease response teams world ...Written By: Tara FernandesFEB 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 FernandesFEB 03, 2020Microbiology
The parasite Toxoplasma gondii is thought to infect from one-quarter to one-third of the global population.Written By: Carmen Leitch
AUG 20, 2020
Plants & Animals
August 20th, 2020 is World Mosquito Day. Why celebrate an animal dubbed as one of the “world’s deadliest&rdq
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
AUG 17, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
How Do Medications Deal With Parasitic Infections? Researchers have been curious to know how a common medication battles
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
AUG 04, 2020
Microbiology
Researchers at JHU are starting a controlled trial that aims to learn whether plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients ca
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 04, 2020
Microbiology
Toxoplasma gondii is a parasite transmitted by cats and contaminated meat, and it's thought that over 30 million America
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 31, 2020
Plants & Animals
Researchers from West Virginia University (WVU) recently discovered how a parasitic fungus uses male cicadas to spread i
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JUL 22, 2020
Microbiology
Some microbes that live in environments as diverse as groundwater and moose have also been found in the human mouth.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 20, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
The diseases cat scratch fever and trench fever are both caused by Bartonella bacteria. Animals can transmit these patho
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 18, 2020
Earth & The Environment
Breaking news reports that agrochemicals that pollute our waters also increase the transmission of the parasite that cau
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
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
MAY 26, 2020
Immunology
The immune landscape is staggeringly complex, with a myriad of genetically and functionally distinct immune cell subpopu
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAY 25, 2020
Microbiology
Shipworms are known as the 'termites of the sea.' They are not actually worms; these infamous mollusks that have brought
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 15, 2020
Immunology
Research has long connected the human microbiome and immune system function, and now a recent study pinpoints a key poin
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 07, 2020
Health & Medicine
Thanks to the success of insecticide-treated bed nets, mosquitos seem to have shifted their feeding times away from the
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
MAY 05, 2020
Microbiology
Scientists have discovered a bacterium that lives in mosquitoes around Lake Victoria, and appears to block malaria.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 29, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Anywhere from 25 to 80% of the world's population is infected with a parasite called Toxoplasma gondii.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 15, 2020
Immunology
A specific parasitic species causes the most deaths from malaria: Plasmodium falciparum. This parasite does so by avoidi
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 11, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
At St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, researchers discovered a fast-acting anti-malarial compound with promisi
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
APR 07, 2020
Immunology
Excessive salt intake is associated with health consequences for more than just cardiovascular status; the immune system
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 03, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
A collaborative team of researchers joined forces to study the anti-parasitic drug, Ivermectin, and it’s role in s
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAR 24, 2020
Cardiology
Inflammation of the heart muscle can affect the hearts electrical system. This can reduce the heart's ability to pum
...
Written By:
Abbie Arce
MAR 16, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
New and reemerging microbial threats continue to challenge the public health and infectious disease response teams world
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
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
FEB 03, 2020
Microbiology
The parasite Toxoplasma gondii is thought to infect from one-quarter to one-third of the global population.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch