Holidaymakers were today warned about the dangers of parasites after ... When a human steps on, sits on or touches that soil, ...

A tiny parasite may be wreaking havoc below the ... microscopic larvae — courtesy of freshwater snails — burrow into your skin during a dip in contaminated water. One particularly nasty ...

Human hookworms, or necator americanus, pictured left, are sold as larvae which are applied to the skin in a bandage. They burrow ... into medicines. Prof Maizels says: ‘Infecting people with ...

Human botfly larvae ... Another tropical parasite: Tunga penetrans. More commonly known as the sand flea. Females burrow into the bottom of your foot to slurp your blood. They start off smaller ...

The cure for a gastrointestinal parasite which impacts one in four people in the world, could be found in one of Australia’s ...

A Toronto doctor is alerting Canadian tourists about the re-emergence of skin-eating screwworms, which had been contained in South America.