Scientists have uncovered a hidden battle between a widespread brain parasite and the immune cells tasked with destroying it. A parasite that can quietly persist in the human brain is capable of ...

A microscopic parasite that can live for decades in the human brain infects an estimated one-third of the world's population ...

The parasite that may already live in your brain can infect the very immune cells trying to destroy it, but new UVA Health ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link A zoonotic disease is any disease that can be passed between animals and people. Some examples of zoonotic diseases are ebola, swine flu, and the ...

Zoonotic diseases are infectious diseases transmitted from animals to humans, such as rabies virus, avian influenza, and Ebola virus disease. Over 60% of all infectious diseases in humans are zoonotic ...

For example, a pack of endangered wolves moved to Yellowstone National Park died because the wolves had no immunity to parasites carried by the local canines. The researchers say that stocking rivers ...

This form of immunity is non discriminatory; it is not directed against specific pathogens, but just about anything that enters the body that is foreign. Vertebrates have another more sophisticated ...