Bed bugs: how to avoid these parasites on vacation?
© Shutterstock / New AfricaThese parasites had disappeared from circulation since the 1950s in France. However, the popularization of trips ...
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Intestinal parasites: what if eating fat helped get rid of them?
© Shutterstock / Rattiya ThongdumhyuTrichocephalosis is an intestinal disease caused by a certain type of roundworm: Trichuris trichiura. It would ...
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Do you like sushi? Watch out for marine parasites!
© Shutterstock / Andrei IakhniukDo you like sushi? Have you ever been ill after consuming it? You probably felt that ...
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Pancreatic cancer: an antiparasitic as a future treatment?
Mebendazole, a drug already used, would in particular prevent the appearance of metastases, but it would have a beneficial effect ...
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Discovering the medieval microbiome
It would be possible to find traces of ancient microorganisms in medieval latrines. This scientific advance would make it possible ...
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Advocacy for Parasites
On August 1, a dozen scientists specializing in the ecological role of parasites alerted and proposed a global and ambitious ...
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Food: massive increase in the number of parasitic worms transmitted by sushi
The number of Anisakis, these worms that can be ingested by humans and marine mammals through the consumption of raw ...
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Malaria: a major discovery for detecting resistant parasites
© Wavebreak MediaThe fight against the scourge of malaria continues in laboratories around the world. According to figures updated in ...
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In India, a girl lived with more than 100 tapeworm eggs in her brain
In India, an 8-year-old girl was admitted to hospital with severe headaches and seizures. It turned out that she was ...
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Sushi consumption: beware of parasites
© iStockPhotosIt was a team of doctors from Portugal who raised the alert in the British medical journal. They admitted ...
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Malaria: “wake and kill”, a new concept to eliminate parasites
© boggy22A team of researchers coordinated by Pr Dominique Mazier from the National Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm) ...
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Intestinal parasites: the Silk Road conveyed their ancestors
Like humans, parasites and infectious diseases have favored the Silk Road to spread throughout the world. The first formal proof ...
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Diarrhea due to intestinal parasites
Stomach complaints thanks to an uninvited guest Diarrhoea, abdominal pain, nausea. With these complaints we often think of a stomach ...
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Tapeworms: black-eating parasites
The pork tapeworm and the beef tapeworm As long as you keep eating, others will sometimes ask you in despair ...
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