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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 01, 2017Microbiology
Microbes live in symbiosis with animals, and those microbial communities can have a big impact on the health of their ho ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 09, 2017Microbiology
Spiroplasma is a genus of pretty odd bacteria. Most bacteria can be classified as either Gram-positive or Gram-negative. ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUL 04, 2017Health & Medicine
On Independence Day in 1776, one year after Paul Revere made his famous journey on horseback to warn the colonial minute ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 30, 2017Microbiology
Researchers have found that the microbial community of skin can change and that change can be contagious.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 30, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Health officials are warning Florida residents to be especially cautious given the “alarming” spread of a br ...JUN 27, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
The bloodsucking parasites that carry Lyme disease may also be the key to new anti-inflammatory drugs that could prevent ...JUN 25, 2017Plants & Animals
It’s common knowledge that cold climate can be detrimental to plants, but what isn’t so commonly known are t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 31, 2017Immunology
Drug-resistant bacteria have made curing some infections challenging, if not nearly impossible. By 2050, it's e ...Written By: Invisiverse PuccioMAY 24, 2017Microbiology
Chagas disease causes an initial period of infection only lasts a few months, or so it was thought.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 16, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
New work reported in Nature Communications by an international team of researchers is a big step forward in the fight ag ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 14, 2017Microbiology
Ticks are nasty parasites that already pose a threat to human health; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 27, 2017Plants & Animals
Among an indigenous group of people in the Amazon region of Bolivia, atherosclerosis is practically nonexistent, wh ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 26, 2017Microbiology
The World Health Organization estimates that some 212 million people contracted malaria in 2015, and nearly 430,000 peop ...Written By: Kerry EvansAPR 22, 2017Immunology
It seems humans share a common enemy with some viruses: bacteria. Viruses invade bacterial cells with generally the same ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 21, 2017Cancer
The malaria parasite was the inspiration behind the newest drug for the treatment of bladder cancer. In particular, the ...APR 16, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Travelers heading to the beautiful Hawaiian paradise should be warned to avoid raw snails and slugs. Hawaiian state offi ...APR 08, 2017Plants & Animals
It turns out that mandrills, a type of Old World monkey, behave similarly to humans in that they try to avoid sick frien ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 05, 2017Immunology
A parasite called Trypanosoma cruzi causes one of five diseases designated by the Centers for Disease Control and Preven ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 05, 2017Microbiology
I recently saw a headline about how fruit flies that take more naps are more resistant to fungal and bacterial infection ...Written By: Kerry EvansMAR 22, 2017Cardiology
A human heart recuperating from inflammation, a condition called myocarditis, can take one of two paths: a healthy retur ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 19, 2017Immunology
There is an new connection between obesity and hypertension, between the cardiovascular system and the immune response: ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 17, 2017Health & Medicine
The first human case of babesiosis was reported in 1957; until then it was thought of as a disease plaguing domes ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 08, 2017Microbiology
Neanderthals are our closest extinct relative, and through their DNA scientists have gained new insight into their die, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 24, 2017Immunology
An unexpected interaction between regulatory immune cells and antibody-producing plasma cells surprised scientists, but ...Written By: Kara Marker
AUG 01, 2017
Microbiology
Microbes live in symbiosis with animals, and those microbial communities can have a big impact on the health of their ho
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 09, 2017
Microbiology
Spiroplasma is a genus of pretty odd bacteria. Most bacteria can be classified as either Gram-positive or Gram-negative.
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUL 04, 2017
Health & Medicine
On Independence Day in 1776, one year after Paul Revere made his famous journey on horseback to warn the colonial minute
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 30, 2017
Microbiology
Researchers have found that the microbial community of skin can change and that change can be contagious.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 30, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Health officials are warning Florida residents to be especially cautious given the “alarming” spread of a br
...
JUN 27, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
The bloodsucking parasites that carry Lyme disease may also be the key to new anti-inflammatory drugs that could prevent
...
JUN 25, 2017
Plants & Animals
It’s common knowledge that cold climate can be detrimental to plants, but what isn’t so commonly known are t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 31, 2017
Immunology
Drug-resistant bacteria have made curing some infections challenging, if not nearly impossible. By 2050, it's e
...
Written By:
Invisiverse Puccio
MAY 24, 2017
Microbiology
Chagas disease causes an initial period of infection only lasts a few months, or so it was thought.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 16, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
New work reported in Nature Communications by an international team of researchers is a big step forward in the fight ag
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 14, 2017
Microbiology
Ticks are nasty parasites that already pose a threat to human health; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 27, 2017
Plants & Animals
Among an indigenous group of people in the Amazon region of Bolivia, atherosclerosis is practically nonexistent, wh
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 26, 2017
Microbiology
The World Health Organization estimates that some 212 million people contracted malaria in 2015, and nearly 430,000 peop
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
APR 22, 2017
Immunology
It seems humans share a common enemy with some viruses: bacteria. Viruses invade bacterial cells with generally the same
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 21, 2017
Cancer
The malaria parasite was the inspiration behind the newest drug for the treatment of bladder cancer. In particular, the
...
APR 16, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Travelers heading to the beautiful Hawaiian paradise should be warned to avoid raw snails and slugs. Hawaiian state offi
...
APR 08, 2017
Plants & Animals
It turns out that mandrills, a type of Old World monkey, behave similarly to humans in that they try to avoid sick frien
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 05, 2017
Immunology
A parasite called Trypanosoma cruzi causes one of five diseases designated by the Centers for Disease Control and Preven
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 05, 2017
Microbiology
I recently saw a headline about how fruit flies that take more naps are more resistant to fungal and bacterial infection
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
MAR 22, 2017
Cardiology
A human heart recuperating from inflammation, a condition called myocarditis, can take one of two paths: a healthy retur
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 19, 2017
Immunology
There is an new connection between obesity and hypertension, between the cardiovascular system and the immune response:
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 17, 2017
Health & Medicine
The first human case of babesiosis was reported in 1957; until then it was thought of as a disease plaguing domes
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 08, 2017
Microbiology
Neanderthals are our closest extinct relative, and through their DNA scientists have gained new insight into their die,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 24, 2017
Immunology
An unexpected interaction between regulatory immune cells and antibody-producing plasma cells surprised scientists, but
...
Written By:
Kara Marker