While most of the thousands of nematode species on Earth are not harmful, some cause diseases in humans and other animals or attack and feed on living plants. Luckily, there are ways to deter these ...

Parasitic nematodes represent a major global health and agricultural challenge, and recent advancements in genome sequencing and transcriptomic analyses have greatly enhanced our understanding of ...

1. Previous studies have found that migratory birds generally have a more diverse array of pathogens such as parasites, as well as higher intensities of infection. However, it is not clear whether ...

The parasitic nematode worms responsible for diseases such as river blindness and elephantiasis currently infect more than 150 million people in tropical regions around the world. They leave millions ...

CROWD ANIMALS together and one likely outcome is parasitic infestation. This has been a problem since the beginning of animal husbandry. Many scholars, for instance, suspect that the origins of ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The aggregation of parasites among individual hosts is one of the best documented features of parasite populations; we still do not know, ...

A newfound species of parasitic worm wiggles its way into the brains of baby lizards long before the reptiles hatch. How do the nematodes break into developing lizard brains? They sneak in through the ...

Contrary to widespread assumptions, parasitic nematodes that spread among mice via food may not wait passively to be swallowed. Instead, according to new research, these tiny worms may use odors from ...