12 Most Dangerous Alien Parasites, Ranked. Story by John Alexander Hitchcock • 5mo. N ature can be cruel and one need look no further for proof of that than the existence of parasites.

A new test for potentially fatal large redworm in horses is “another useful tool in the kit”. Westgate Labs has launched the ...

But what shocked scientists the most came after treatment. The women were given praziquantel — the standard drug used to kill ...

People in Florida are having to worry about a unique disease-carrying insect known as the kissing bug. New research shows ...

Entamoeba histolytica infects nearly 50 million people each year and kills around 70,000. It’s a shape-shifting parasite that invades the human gut, often causing mild symptoms like diarrhea.

A DEADLY parasite carried by foxes that can hide in your body for up to 15 years silently destroying organs is on the rise across Europe, experts have warned. Human alveolar echinococcosis (AE), or… ...

The U.S. has closed its southern border again to livestock imports, saying that a flesh-eating parasite has moved further ...

The parasites cause gastrointestinal and neurological impairments and enlargement of the heart, which can lead to cardiac arrest. “The main issue with Chagas disease as a public health problem is that ...

A flesh-eating parasite is spreading throughout Mexico and rapidly moving northward. This has led to the USDA's suspension of cattle, horse and bison imports from Mexico to the U.S. And without ...

It was only a matter of time before scientists found rat lungworm, a potentially deadly parasite, among the thousands of giant snails invading Pasco County, Florida. "On Friday, our nematology lab ...

The P. falciparum parasite species is responsible for the most mortality on an annual basis." According to the World Health Organization, there were about 207 million cases of malaria in 2012 and an ...