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Category > parasites
Parasitoid Turns Its Host Into A Bodyguard
behavioural changes of a host are indeed beneficial to the parasite in the field.
Unravelling The Mystery Of The Kitty Litter Parasite In Marine Mammals
Over the past decade, toxoplasma infection has appeared in a variety of sea mammals including beluga whales, dolphins, sea lions and seals.
Unravelling The Mystery Of The Kitty Litter Parasite In Marine Mammals
Germ Warfare
bacteria growing on their equipment at up to 3,440 times higher than acceptable levels
Digital Journal – You, the ecosystem: You too can be a microbiological zoo
Advertising Human beings are covered in bacteria. The good guys are the commensals, that inhabit exotic places like your inner elbow.
Digital Journal – You, the ecosystem: You too can be a microbiological zoo
6 Tribes of Bacteria, the Good Kind, Found to Be at Home in Inner Elbow – NYTimes.com
an ambitious government-financed endeavor to catalog the typical bacterial colonies that inhabit each niche in the human ecosystem.
6 Tribes of Bacteria, the Good Kind, Found to Be at Home in Inner Elbow – NYTimes.com
LoveBugz.net: The Louse House
If you’re into the insects in sex, you’re in the right place.
Infected with Insanity: Could Microbes Cause Mental Illness?: Scientific American
Viruses or bacteria may be at the root of schizophrenia and other disorders
Infected with Insanity: Could Microbes Cause Mental Illness?: Scientific American
Begley: Blame the Bugs | Newsweek Voices – Sharon Begley | Newsweek.com
Societies that arose in places with fewer pathogens had the luxury of individualism, which is less effective at limiting the spread of disease but brings with it other social benefits, such as innovation.
Begley: Blame the Bugs | Newsweek Voices – Sharon Begley | Newsweek.com
Ant Parasite Turns Host Into Ripe Red Berry, Biologists Discover
newly discovered parasite so dramatically transforms its host, an ant, that the ant comes to resemble a juicy red berry, ripe for picking
Ant Parasite Turns Host Into Ripe Red Berry, Biologists Discover
His parasite theory stirs a revolution – The Boston Globe
“we’ve developed a theory that perhaps deworming was helping these diseases.”
'Golden Bullet' Shows Promise For Killing Common Parasite
new type of gold nanoparticle that destroys the parasite responsible for toxoplasmosis
Insect Gut Detects Unhealthy Meal
insects that feed on plants lack adaptive immune systems to fend off any intruding microorganisms they eat along with their greens.
The Smart Set: Allergic Response – December 20, 2007
Helicobacter pylori, a bacterium had been the dominant organism in our stomach for tens of thousands of years, is disappearing as an apparent result of antibiotics and improved sanitation.
Does Treating Worms In People With HIV Slow Progression To AIDS?
Does treating these worms (“de-worming”) slow down this progression?
Does Treating Worms In People With HIV Slow Progression To AIDS?
‘Cat Lady’ Conundrum, The – New York Times
more than 60 million people in the United States are infected with a parasite that may migrate into their brains and alter their behavior in a way that may leave them more likely to be eaten by cats.
Humans Carry More Bacterial Cells than Human Ones: Scientific American
there are 10 times more bacterial cells in your body than human cells
Humans Carry More Bacterial Cells than Human Ones: Scientific American
Tangled Web Of The Insect, Plant And Parasite Arms Race
sawflies evolved to escape their parasites and gain themselves an ‘enemy-free space’ for millions of years.
6 die from brain-eating amoeba in lakes – Yahoo! News
A killer amoeba living in lakes enters the body through the nose and attacks the brain where it feeds until you die.
