Vivian Nosovitsky told Newsweek the rare eye infection came from bacteria getting into her contact lenses, causing the ...

Acanthamoeba keratitis is a rare but blinding parasitic eye disease. Experts share how to avoid it and treat it.

VIVIAN Nosovitsky lost vision in her right eye after it was “eaten away” by a parasite she caught “on the bus”. The ...

The parasite that may already live in your brain can infect the very immune cells trying to destroy it, but new UVA Health ...

Scientists have uncovered a hidden battle between a widespread brain parasite and the immune cells tasked with destroying it. A parasite that can quietly persist in the human brain is capable of ...

Specific fatty acid-sugar molecules allow leprosy bacteria, among others, to hide from our immune system. How exactly is not entirely clear. Hessel van Dijk, who received his Ph.D. on October 13, ...

A study of 575 people in Cameroon has shown that the presence of gut parasites is strongly associated with gut microbiome structure, which suggests that modulating the microbiome may reduce the risk ...

Higher temperatures may make monarch butterflies more vulnerable to parasites, according to new research from the University ...