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How the immune system controls a brain parasite found in 1 in 3 people

A microscopic parasite that can live for decades in the human brain infects an estimated one-third of the world's population ...
Hartford Courant

Cat-borne parasite may cause people to become more frail, research finds

A cat-borne parasite that infects about 40 million people in the United States may cause adults to be more frail as they age, according to a new University of Colorado Boulder study. The parasite is ...

Common brain parasite can infect your immune cells—here's why that's probably OK

The parasite that may already live in your brain can infect the very immune cells trying to destroy it, but new UVA Health ...
Forbes

Live Worm Found In Woman’s Brain Is Rare—But Common Deadly Parasites Already Plague Billions Of People

Neurosurgeons in Australia this week reported pulling a live, three-inch worm from a woman’s brain, a shocking, world-first discovery that adds another threat to the catalog of dangerous worms and ...
The Greeley Tribune

Cat-borne parasite may cause people to become more frail, CU Boulder research finds

A cat-borne parasite that infects about 40 million people in the United States may cause adults to be more frail as they age, according to a new University of Colorado Boulder study. The parasite is ...