Researchers previously found that ablating these neurons boosted pathogen resistance and improved worm survival. 2 However, it was unclear how this might be connected to the mitochondrial stress ...

Instead of stopping the worm from eating the pathogen, however, the stink of harmful bacteria prepares the worm's gut for the worst. Before the food is gobbled up, the worm's intestinal cells ...

New insights into the mechanisms that cause more severe cases of schistosomiasis - a disease caused by parasitic worms and ...

Parasites that exhibit a complex life cycle require a definitive host for reproduction and one or more intermediate host species for growth and development. Vector-borne pathogens are transmitted ...

diseases are not transmitted between hosts but pathogens and parasites that cause disease are. Parasites are frequently grouped into microparasites and macroparasites to reflect differences in ...