An international team led by researchers at the University of Toronto has found a new RNA virus that they believe is hitching a ride with a common human parasite. We discovered A. odysseus in human ...

Researchers have discovered a previously unknown mechanism by which bacteria share their genetic material through virus parasites. The insights could help scientists to better understand how bacteria ...

North Carolina health officials are investigating the source of an outbreak of intestinal parasites after 135 cases have been identified in Wake County since the start of May. Roughly 22 of these ...

The single-celled organism Naegleria fowleri ranks among the deadliest human parasites. Researchers around Matthias Horn and Patrick Arthofer from the Center for Microbiology and Environmental Systems ...

DURHAM — Scientists with the New Hampshire Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory at the University of New Hampshire say they have discovered a previously undiagnosed parasite and virus in the Canada lynx.