The ER patient had no idea they'd been infested with taenia solium until they went to the hospital with a broken bone ...

Human botfly larvae, for example, burrow under your skin, forming a pus-filled pimple. Meanwhile, thousands of young Loa loa worms can travel ... Another tropical parasite: Tunga penetrans.

In the United States, the most well-known skin-penetrating parasitic worm, called a nematode, is the hookworm. But globally, ...

Guinea worms are thin, thread-like parasites that can grow up to three feet long within the human body, before emerging through the skin. The Carter Center Humans cannot develop resistance to the ...

Canine hookworms are becoming an increasing threat to pets and people, researchers say, after finding that the parasites have developed widespread drug resistance in both North America and Australia.

The noodle-thin parasites then burrow their way out, breaking through the skin in burning ... smallpox was the first human disease to be eradicated worldwide. Guinea worm, the experts told Carter ...

Now, experts say the parasite’s eradication ... a pregnant female Guinea worm—which can measure up to three feet in length—begins to break through the human’s skin and emerge to expel ...