A University of California, Riverside-led team has made an advance in the basic understanding of Plasmodium falciparum, the ...

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Toxoplasma gondii is an incredibly pervasive parasite that can infect pretty much any warm-blooded animal, taking up ...

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Much later, in the 19th Century, swimming pools emerged in Britain and the US. But along with them came the challenge of ...

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The 61-year-old man received a new kidney from a deceased donor after being diagnosed with “nephrosclerosis-related end-stage ...

A shocking new study shows that 90% of freshwater fish in Southern California may be carrying parasites that can infect ...

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