Science news articles about 'examples of parasites'

  • Parasitoid turns its host into a bodyguard

    There are many examples of parasites that induce spectacular changes in the behaviour of their host. Flukes, for example, are thought to induce ants, their intermediate host, to move up onto blades of ...
  • Parasitoid turns its host into a bodyguard

    There are many examples of parasites that induce spectacular changes in the behaviour of their host. Flukes, for example, are thought to induce ants, their intermediate host, to move up onto blades of ...
  • JCI online early table of contents: March 2, 2009

    ... the protein GRAIL in diminishing Th2 immune responsiveness Parasites known as helminths, for example the parasite that causes schistosomiasis (Schistosoma mansoni), often cause chronic infections. ...

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