It occurs when infectious eggs, shed in the feces of a human tapeworm carrier, are ingested. The condition often spreads through faecal contamination, typically due to improper handwashing or ...

Nearly extinct in the mid-20th century due to over-hunting, a whopping 280,000 Canada geese now live in Michigan.

The tapeworm taenia solium enters the human body by ingesting the parasite ... using the bathroom or through water contaminated with feces. Only when the eggs are ingested via fecal-oral ...

The patient’s condition, identified as cysticercosis, was caused by larval cysts of taenia solium (pork tapeworm) after consuming raw or undercooked pork.

Bird flu is suspected to be the cause of several dead wild birds in several areas of the state including Plymouth, Boston and ...

DNA analysis reveals the big, flightless moa birds ate — and pooped out — 13 kinds of fungi, including ones crucial for New Zealand’s forest ecosystem.

Microbiology is a biological science focused on the study of microorganisms. These are organisms that cannot be seen by the naked eye, such as bacteria, viruses, parasites, and single-celled algae and ...

Skin-penetrating nematodes are excreted in the feces of an infected host ... dioxide play an important role in how these parasites interact with human hosts as they pass through the different ...

Canine whipworm infections are tricky to diagnose but preventable with proper parasite control and environmental management ...

A new study shows that nearly a dozen cities including Washington DC, San Francisco, New York, Toronto, and Amsterdam are ...

According to Dr. MacMillan, one of the main reasons that kittens seem hungry is that they are going through a period of rapid growth and development. "Growth requires plenty of energy and protein, so ...