A painful burning sensation in a woman's legs turned out to be the result of a parasite burrowing into her brain, her doctors have revealed. The 30-year-old, from New England, likely contracted the ...

Angiostrongylus cantonensis, a parasitic roundworm, was found in a woman’s brain after a long trip to Thailand, Japan and Hawaii, according to a case report. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

A young American woman who travelled to Thailand, Japan, and Hawaii complained of a severe burning sensation in her feet, along with recurrent headaches. After detailed investigations, doctors ...

More than two billion people around the world are infected with a brain parasite called Toxoplasma gondii. This parasite is primarily spread through cats and contaminated meat, yet the majority of ...

A parasite that may already be hiding in your brain has a shocking survival trick: it can infect the very immune cells sent ...

A microscopic parasite quietly infects the brains of millions worldwide. Known scientifically as Toxoplasma gondii, this tiny invader silently alters brain function without obvious symptoms. Beneath ...

A mind-bending parasite may one day deliver drugs to the brain. Such proteins and the genes that produce them are often too big for viruses — the most common courier for gene therapy — to carry (SN: ...