Scientists warn that the island’s free-roaming monkeys may be maintaining a parasite capable of infecting people—but the ...

A new tablet combining albendazole and ivermectin is safe and more effective than albendazole alone in treating Trichuris trichiura and other soil-transmitted helminths (STH), according to a clinical ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists have discovered a new species of human parasite that appears to be resistant to common antiparasitic treatments, such ...

A new tablet combining albendazole and ivermectin is safe and more effective than albendazole alone in treating Trichuris trichiura and other soil-transmitted helminths (STH), according to a clinical ...

Researchers from the Wellcome Sanger Institute, the University of Copenhagen, and others report that they have completed the largest genomic analysis to date of the whipworm Trichuris trichiura. The ...

More than 1 billion persons worldwide are infected with intestinal helminths. The World Health Organization advocates mass campaigns for the treatment of at-risk populations with the goal of ...

A whipworm infection, also known as trichuriasis, is an infection of the large intestine caused by a parasite called Trichuris trichiura. This parasite is commonly known as a “whipworm” because it ...

The whipworm (Trichuris trichiura) was once found all over the world, and it has infected people for thousands of years. It's also been identified in about 70 other species. The whipworm is now known ...

Using stool samples from Viking latrines, researchers have genetically mapped one of the oldest human parasites -- the whipworm. The mapping reflects the parasite's global spread and its interaction ...