... she had contracted leishmaniasis, a devastating, disfiguring, and potentially fatal parasitic disease spread by insects. In her case, four three-centimetre-long scars formed on her ...
... of action of the new candidate compounds through a collaboration with Manlio Tolomeo of the Center for Parasitic Diseases in Palermo, Italy. Mechanistic studies could lead to further improvement of ...
... of whipworm (trichuriasis), almost 800,000 cases of hookworm, and 560,000 cases of the parasitic disease lymphatic filariasis, which can cause elephantiasis.
In addition to lymphatic filariasis, ...
... occurrence of Salmonella, as well as higher rates of parasitic disease," said lead study author Wondwossen ... might expect to find one positive test for the parasite among more than 14,000 pigs, so the ...
... simple, leading University of California, Berkeley, researchers to predict that creating vaccines for parasitic diseases such as malaria may be more straightforward than initially thought.
... the presence of chemical compounds active against cancer cell lines and tropical parasitic diseases, according to researchers at Smithsonian's Tropical Research Institute in Panama. Such clues could ...
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"Unlike large animals, such as birds, parasites are tiny and often easy to overlook," said Sam ... host's ability to defend itself against parasitic disease and slow the rate of energy uptake ...
... gray tree frogs reduce their chances of parasitic infections known to cause limb malformations ... host species actually can reduce parasite transmission and disease," said Johnson of CU-Boulder's ecology ...
Local laboratories could identify parasite samples by comparing them with a 'gold standard' on the web.
... recently, Gurarie and King have published a paper on controlling schistosomiasis, a chronic parasitic disease that can damage internal organs and impair cognitive growth and development in children. ...
... is of strong interest to scientists because it is easy to manipulate in the lab and can lead to insights about other parasitic diseases, such as malaria, that kill millions each year.
Now, a team of ...
... parasite's growth. The group's work points the way toward a new model system that can be used in studying other parasitic diseases and could one day lead to an effective target for drug intervention.
... broadened to include Toxoplasma gondii, which causes a parasitic disease called toxoplasmosis, the leading cause ... 1, a calcium regulated protease, left parasites trapped inside the host cell. By adding ...
... of the fungi to kill bugs resistant to current control methods. Chagas disease is the most relevant parasitic disease in Latin America, being a major burden that affects mostly poor human populations ...
... , but surprisingly, scientists have never understood how this drug works to kill the parasitic worms that cause this disease. Deciphering how this drug works is important because scientists could ...
