The Pediatric Praziquantel Consortium says it has achieved a milestone by administering arpraziquantel to the first preschool-aged child for the treatment of schistosomiasis, otherwise known as snail ...

A snorkeler in Egypt's Red Sea thought he came across a beautiful seashell only later to realize how "lucky" he was to be ...

Although rodents alone host the adult form of the parasite, their feces pass its larvae to snails and slugs, which can transmit the worm to humans. The larvae that infect people never mature ...

(WJW) – A New England woman thought she was just dealing with jet lag after an extended vacation, but medical experts later diagnosed her symptoms as an infection from brain worms. The woman ...

Doctors concluded she’d been infected with the parasitic worm Angiostrongylus cantonensis, more commonly known as rat lungworm. Although rodents alone host the adult form of the parasite, their feces ...

The NZ velvet worm won this year’s New Zealand Bug of the Year competition, a less than scientific social experiment held every year by the Entomological Society of New Zealand to test the ...

Snail – a dish that is quite familiar to everyone ... the diners will enjoy a cool, new cup of worm Sweet Soup and this is also a specialty in Hai Phong. The aroma of coconut milk, pandan leaves mixed ...

In addition to eating raw or undercooked infected snails or slugs ... In January, a disturbing X-ray of a human body riddled with worms went viral after the patient contracted cysticercosis ...

And then we remembered some unusual worms we were once introduced to. And a famous snail. Like an infestation of bedbugs, our list quickly got out of control. Never mind. They all have a story to ...

A WOMAN who complained of a burning sensation in her feet after returning home from a trip abroad was revealed to have parasitic worms in her ... undercooked infected snails or slugs; ingestion ...