A parasite that may already be hiding in your brain has a shocking survival trick: it can infect the very immune cells sent to destroy it. Yet most people never get sick, and new research from UVA ...

Parasite development is the study of all the different stages that a parasite undergoes during its life cycle, including the various changes in physiology, metabolism and physical form. Establishment ...

This study shows the Pv47 gene in Plasmodium vivax has remarkable genetic diversity suggesting it is critical for malaria parasite adaptation to various mosquito vectors, like its counterpart Pfs47 in ...

Ivermectin is a medication that treats some parasitic diseases. There are two types: one that doctors prescribe for certain health conditions in people and another that veterinarians prescribe, which ...