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 ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Prick a finger and have the blood checked for parasites — by smartphone? Scientists are turning those ubiquitous phones into microscopes and other medical tools that could help fight ...

Scientists at ARUP Laboratories have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that detects intestinal parasites in stool samples more quickly and accurately than traditional methods, potentially ...

Doing research in the field on hookworm, a parasite that affects about 2 billion people, a doctor needed to find a way to look at the anemia-causing bugs without a microscope. There’s not an app for ...

A new test will make it possible to detect the parasite responsible for trichomoniasis much more quickly and inexpensively The test, developed by a research team from the Universitat Rovira i Virgili, ...

Researchers in Europe have tested produce for the presence of a parasite with findings showing more information is needed to help put mitigation measures in place. Scientists estimated the prevalence ...