The human gut hosts a wide variety of microbial species including bacteria, viruses, and fungi. Intestinal parasites were also once a typical part of this community; healthy humans played host to ...

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have shown that the Cryptosporidium parasite exports a protein into infected intestinal cells, altering the gut environment and enabling the parasite to ...

Entamoeba histolytica infects nearly 50 million people each year and kills around 70,000. It’s a shape-shifting parasite that invades the human gut, often causing mild symptoms like diarrhea. But in ...

Parasites are organisms that survive by feeding on humans and other hosts, often causing mild to severe health problems. They can enter the body in multiple ways, including consuming contaminated food ...