Romans living in ancient Britain were plagued by intestinal parasites, all of which are spread by fecal contamination ...

Entamoeba histolytica (green) attacking human T cells. A new paper by UC Davis researchers lays out a strategy for investigating how this parasite can hide from the human immune system while attacking ...

Archaeologists have long known that life on the Roman frontier was harsh, but new microscopic evidence from Hadrian’s Wall ...

An analysis of sewer drains from a Roman fort has shown that the occupants were contaminated with three types of intestinal ...

A new analysis of sewer drains from the Roman fort of Vindolanda, close to Hadrian's Wall, has shown that the occupants were ...

Image caption: The parasitic flatworm Haplorchis pumilio produces non-reproductive soldiers (left) which have much larger mouths than their reproductively capable colony-mates (center). The soldiers ...

It’s Halloween season, the liminal period when the general public seems to have a greater tolerance for stomach-churning content, so let’s talk about parasites, perhaps the most disgusting — and ...

Scientists in the Czech Republic have described the first domestic case of infection with a parasite. Diphyllobothriasis (dibothriocephalosis) is caused by the human broad tapeworm Dibothriocephalus ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) More than 1,200 Bridgeport high school seniors celebrated graduation Friday during a ...