Apicomoplexa are unicellular parasitic protists with no locomotory organelles (flagella, pseudopods or cilia); however, some species possess motile structures, such as flagella or pseudopods, only in ...

Three types of parasites can cause disease in humans. They are protozoa, carried by mosquitos, helminths, such as roundworm, and ectoparasites, for instance lice and bed bugs. Parasites are organisms ...

Scientists from Uppsala University have used cryo-electron microscopy to reveal details of the protein synthesis mechanism in the parasite Giardia intestinalis, which causes diarrhoeal disease. The ...

Chagas disease is considered a neglected tropical disease; it is caused by a protozoan parasite (Trypanosoma cruzi), which is harbored by many different wild animals in the Americas, including the ...

Toxoplasma gondii is one of the world’s most common parasites. It is a protozoan parasite that infects most species of warm-blooded animals, including humans, and causes the disease toxoplasmosis.

The first case of concomitant visceral leishmaniasis and non-ulcerated cutaneous leishmaniasis in the same patient has been reported recently by researchers at the Federal University of São Carlos ...