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Summary: New research highlights how parasitic infections can alter brain chemistry and behavior in humans. Toxoplasma gondii, among others, appears to manipulate dopamine and immune responses, ...

Mahbod Entezami, Martina Nocerino, Jo Widdicombe, Antonio Bosco, Giuseppe Cringoli, Adriano Casulli, Giovanni Lo Iacono, Laura Rinaldi, Joaquin M. Prada (2022)The spatial distribution of cystic ...

American officials worry that if the fly reaches Texas, its flesh-eating maggots could cause large economic losses, something that happened decades ago.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. has closed its southern border again to livestock imports, saying a flesh-eating parasite has moved further north in Mexico than previously reported. Mexico's president was ...

The U.S. has closed its southern border again to livestock imports, saying that a flesh-eating parasite has moved further north in Mexico than previously reported. Mexican President Claudia ...