The study sheds new light on how the Chagas Disease parasite invades human cells—a crucial step towards developing effective treatments for this neglected tropical disease. Chagas Disease ...

Areas with poor sanitation standards are primarily at risk of human roundworm infestation ... facilitating their removal from the body. Maintaining a high personal and environmental hygiene ...

The emergence of drug-resistant parasites thwarts efforts to control human malaria ... levels as successive mutations occur within the parasite. An initial resistant mutation creates a strain ...

The study, published in the journal Science, identified 154 different proteins that make up the flagellum, including 40 that are unique to the parasite ... fly and the human bloodstream, making ...