Knowable Magazine reports that worm-inspired treatments show promise for metabolic diseases by reducing inflammation and ...

The Department of Health (DOH) yesterday warned parents and guardians that apart from leptospirosis, children playing in ...

Diseases Caused by Helminths When helminths infect a person, they can lead to diseases. Although infections are rare in the United States, about 24% of people globally have a helminth infection.

Helminth infections are ubiquitous worldwide and can trigger potent immune responses that differ from and potentially antagonize host protective responses to microbial pathogens.

Helminth Infections Helminths are parasitic worms with a worldwide geographic distribution. These worms typically infect residents of developing nations and, without treatment, create chronic ...

Soil-transmitted helminth infections, transmitted through soil contaminated with feces containing worm eggs, are some of the most common in the world and particularly affect resource-limited ...

Study investigates the impact of helminth infection on COVID-19 mRNA vaccine efficacy, revealing that while antibody responses remain largely unaffected, T-cell responses are significantly ...

In general, helminth infections are more common in children than in young infants. Nevertheless, maternal infection is common and can profoundly affect neonatal health. In the case of EB, his ...

Although helminth infections--including tapeworms and roundworms--are among the world's top neglected diseases, they are no longer endemic in Europe. However, researchers reporting in PLOS ...

Helminthic therapy involves intentionally infecting a person with parasites like hookworms or whipworms to treat some diseases. Learn how and why.

Some parasites "turn down" the host's immune response, and evidence suggests that helminth infection can help patients suffering from allergies, asthma, inflammatory bowel disease, multiple sclerosis, ...