While some parasites create no symptoms in their hosts, others can cause severe illness. Parasitic infections occur when parasites grow, reproduce, or invade organ systems that make their hosts ill.
To ensure successful transmission and establish chronic infection, parasites must evade the host's immune system and delay the development of immunity. Maria Yazdanbakhsh and David Sacks discuss ...
However, about half of those who get the parasite experience no symptoms of the illness. Dr Tyler said the difference in the severity of disease might be explained by the proportion of "good" and ...
Norovirus and food poisoning are two common illnesses in the UK and they can be difficult to distinguish from one another. Here's how to tell the difference ...
the parasite bites into the eaters’ gastric and intestinal walls to bring about serious abdominal pain, nausea and other symptoms. There are no therapeutic agents to deal with the conditions so ...
"Small traces" of the parasite were found in Brixham in south ... More than 100 people had reported symptoms to their GP in the past week, the UKHSA says. There are no other major outbreaks ...