A worm-like parasite lived in a woman's eye for two years, and doctors believe it entered her body after she ate crocodile meat. The infected 28-year-old woman, from the town of Basankusu in the ...

She was prescribed eye drops to keep her eyes moist and antibacterial ... Thelazia are a group of nematodes and veterinary parasites that can occasionally infect humans, called a zoonotic ...

It is a parasitic infection caused due accidental ... on the internet that shows the doctor pulling out a long worm from her eye. Anaemia can have serious effects on children, reducing their ...

A new study has revealed the clearest-ever picture of the surface chemistry of worm species that provides groundbreaking insights into how animals interact with their environment and each other. These ...

Scientists this week published information on an unprecedented case in Australia, where they found and extracted a live parasitic worm from the ... we're keeping a close eye on her and keeping ...

A woman in Beijing who presented to hospital with a foreign body sensation in her right eye was found to be suffering from a parasitic infection ...

Instead of targeting the parasitic worms themselves, Palencia turned his attention to the worm microbiome. “There is a lot of research going on in human microbiota,” said Palencia. “But the microbiota ...

The parasite–host cycle consists of several stages (egg, larva, mature worm) in water and in the bodies of water snails. Free-swimming aquatic Cercariae that swim in water can penetrate human ...