Cancer: a fungus parasitizing caterpillars slows the growth of tumors
Cordyceps militaris, a fungus known to parasitize caterpillars, may help slow the growth of cancer cells. THE ESSENTIAL Cordyceps militaris ...
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They eat bear skewers and get contaminated by a parasite
Several members of the same family were infected with an intestinal worm called Trichinella spiralis, which causes trichinellosis, after eating ...
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Suffering from migraines, he discovers that a parasitic worm lays eggs in his brain
A man suffered from migraines due to a parasitic worm, the pork tapeworm, which had laid eggs in his brain. ...
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These signs that you have an intestinal parasite
Here are the signs that you have an intestinal parasite. THE ESSENTIAL Intestinal parasitoses are diseases caused by parasites present ...
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Antiparasitics: how to treat animals without danger for the family?
The Association Santé Environnement France publishes a new mini antiparasitic guide to preserve the health of pets, humans and the ...
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Visceral leishmaniasis: a new ultra-rapid test directly detects the parasite
Brazilian researchers have developed a PCR test that detects the parasites responsible for visceral leishmaniasis in less than two hours. ...
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Fasciolosis: the great liver fluke worries specialists in France
The greater liver fluke, a parasitic worm, can transmit fasciolosis, a liver disease. Tropical snails, increasingly present in France, can ...
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Scabies: she contracts the disease after wearing shoes bought on Vinted
A twenty-year-old caught scabies, a contagious skin pathology caused by a parasite, because of shoes purchased on the second-hand platform ...
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Memory loss: it was a parasitic worm in his brain!
Scientists have discovered for the first time a parasitic worm in the brain of a woman who suffered from depression ...
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Came for back pain, they discovered a parasite in her spine
A 40-year-old went to the hospital for back pain that had persisted for several years. In reality, she had a ...
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He sleeps with his contact lenses and loses his sight to a flesh-eating parasite
After falling asleep with his contact lenses on, a 21-year-old contracted a rare flesh-eating parasite that caused him to lose ...
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Intestinal worms: a high-fat diet helps get rid of them
Fatty foods would be effective in eliminating certain intestinal parasites. THE ESSENTIAL Between 604 and 795 million people are infected ...
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Came for pain in the testicle, we discover “dancing” worms in his scrotum
Two doctors from the Max Super Specialty Hospital (India) have released a particularly disturbing medical video. While auscultating a young ...
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Babies regurgitate a worm after drinking… Gallia milk
In Brittany, parents have filed a complaint against Gallia, a manufacturer of infant milk, after their three-month-old child regurgitated a ...
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Swimming: watch out for duck fleas in the lakes!
Children have been covered in bites after cooling off in a lake in Savoie. During peak heat, there's nothing like ...
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Scientists have created the anti-malaria mosquito
These Anopheles mosquitoes have been genetically modified using CRISPR-Cas9 “genetic scissors” so that they can no longer transmit the parasite ...
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How Pesticides Accelerate the Spread of Pests
A study by researchers at UC Berkeley shows that agrochemicals are responsible for increasing the transmission of the schitosome, a ...
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Vietnam: a man infected with an unknown parasitic worm in Asia
Earlier this month, a man was hospitalized in Hanoi, Vietnam with abscesses on his hands and feet. He turned out ...
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Tick-borne encephalitis: a focus of cases detected in Ain
Several confirmed or probable cases of tick-borne encephalitis have been detected in Ain, probably due to the consumption of infected ...
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Toxoplasmosis: how does the parasite transform in humans?
The disease is caused by the parasite Toxoplasma gondii. When it infects a human being, it can change shape thanks ...
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Cryptosporidiosis in the South of France: tap water potentially implicated
Cryptosporidiosis causes diarrhea and stomach aches that can last for several weeks. 38 people were poisoned in the south-east of ...
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Malaria: French researchers make an encouraging discovery
Researchers at the Institut Pasteur in Lille have identified an essential gene specific to the parasite responsible for malaria. Ultimately, ...
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A man contracts a parasitic infection… while having sex with his wife
After several months of symptoms, a 60-year-old discovers that he has contracted a parasitic infection. The doctors give him bad ...
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These white spots in a man’s brain were actually dozens of larvae
Doctors have discovered dozens of larvae in the brain of an 18-year-old young man. Despite their efforts to save him, ...
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Australian man dies 8 years after swallowing parasite-infected slug
In 2010, 19-year-old Australian Sam Ballard contracted a microscopic parasite after eating a garden slug. Suffering from significant brain damage, ...
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In lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis), a triple treatment works in 100% of cases
This tropical disease threatens 856 million people worldwide. A study shows that the use of a triple treatment (ivermectin, diethylcarbamazine, ...
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Sam, the young rugby player paralyzed after swallowing a slug died
Sam Ballard, the young Australian rugby player paralyzed after swallowing a slug, died after 9 years of ordeal for him ...
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Are ambition and business acumen due to the parasite responsible for toxoplasmosis?
According to a new international study, business acumen and a taste for risk are due to a parasite called Toxoplasma ...
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Sleeping sickness: the parasite hides in the skin
© iStockPhotosResearch by the Cellular Biology of Trypanosomes Unit of the Institut Pasteur/Inserm and researchers from the University of Glasgow ...
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Sleeping sickness: the parasite in the skin
The sleeping sickness parasite can hide in the skin, which would explain why the tests are positive when no parasite ...
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