A dog-killing parasite that was believed to only exist in Texas and other Gulf Coast states has been discovered as far west as California for the first time, scientists have warned. The worm can cause ...

A potentially fatal dog worm lurks in California’s waters, waiting to attack your dog from the inside. A group of scientists from UC Riverside confirmed the presence of Heterobilharzia americana — a ...

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Freshwater game fish in the U.S. now carry an exotic flatworm that can infect humans More than 90% of game fish like bluegill and largemouth bass tested carried the flatworms, called trematodes People ...

A parasite that can kill dogs has been discovered in California’s Colorado River for the first time, marking a concerning ...

Taking iron from the larvae of a pathogenic parasite is shown to reduce their survival rate and could provide a new way to treat it Figure 1: A light micrograph of the larva of the parasitic flatworm ...

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 ...

“Our clinical and epidemiologic findings show that the zoonotic eye fluke P. lacrymosus can infect humans in South America.

New research finds a tiny freshwater parasite known to cause health problems in humans defends its colonies with a class of soldiers that cannot reproduce. The discovery vaults this species of ...