Several types of tapeworms can infect humans. The four main tapeworm types that can lead to intestinal infection include: A ...

A balanced gut microbiome can help control microbial pathogens that might be present, and a healthy gut microbiome reduces intestinal infections. Gut infections caused by antibiotic-resistant microbes ...

Damaged mouse skin looked almost as good as new in less than two weeks, thanks to a protein from a parasitic roundworm.

A study of around 500,000 medical records suggested that severe viral infections like encephalitis and pneumonia increase the ...

The microbes in the human gastrointestinal tract can have a massive influence on our bodies. Research has shown that these ...

It's the phenomenon that's baffled doctors around the world: bowel cancer ... top specialists have suggested that a common childhood infection could be partly to blame for rising young cases ...

Plus, people tend to have multiple types of intestinal parasites at once, further complicating the picture, she says. Still, it is important to understand how parasitic infections alter immune ...

Scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine discovered a previously unknown link between two key pathways that regulate the immune system in mammals-;a finding that impacts our understanding of chronic ...

This study is the first to show an association between the gut microbiota composition and chronic types of IBD in horses. Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) have become more common in both humans ...

The clinical spectrum of intestinal E. histolytica infection ranges from an asymptomatic carrier state to severe invasive disease. Asymptomatic cyst carriage occurs with E. histolytica as well as E.

Third, the regulation of intestinal permeability by diet and bacteria is depicted. In particular, potential barrier disruptors such as hypoperfusion of the gut, infections and toxins, but also ...