Apicomoplexa are unicellular parasitic protists with no locomotory organelles (flagella, pseudopods or cilia); however, some species possess motile structures, such as flagella or pseudopods, only in ...

Amebiasis is a parasitic disease caused by the microscopic protozoan Entamoeba histolytica. Infection occurs through the ...

Researchers engineered fungal compounds that resist liver breakdown and effectively clear amebiasis in animal models. The ...

Researchers from the University of Toronto have discovered that mice infected with the common gut parasite Tritrichomonas muris are at an increased risk of developing inflammatory colitis. Their ...

This summary examines recent advances in the dual approaches of morphological and molecular characterisation employed in the study of coccidia parasites. Coccidia are intracellular protozoan parasites ...

The first case of concomitant visceral leishmaniasis and non-ulcerated cutaneous leishmaniasis in the same patient has been reported recently by researchers at the Federal University of São Carlos ...

A new study suggests that transmission of a protozoan parasite from insects may also cause leishmaniasis-like symptoms in people. The parasite, however, does not respond to treatment with standard ...

4 Laboratory of Genetics, Immunology and Human Pathologies, Faculty of Sciences of Tunis, El Manar University, 2092 Tunis, Tunisia 5 Molecular Modeling Unit, Pasteur Institute of Tunis, 1002 ...