Hidden heart parasite nearly killed her: Why cardiac hydatid disease remains a diagnostic blind spot

A rare parasite can quietly grow inside the heart, imitating everyday cardiac symptoms until it becomes deadly. Few ...
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Effective and specific in planta RNAi in cyst nematodes: expression interference of four parasitism genes reduces parasitic success

Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol. 60, No. 1 (2009), pp. 315-324 (10 pages) Cyst nematodes are highly evolved sedentary plant endoparasites that use parasitism proteins injected through the stylet ...
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Doctors identify source of man’s migraines: tapeworm larvae, likely from undercooked bacon, in his brain

A Florida man with worsening migraines was found to have parasitic tapeworm larvae in his brain, according to a report published this month in the American Journal of Case Reports. Doctors believe ...
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Man’s migraines likely caused by parasitic tapeworm larvae in his brain, doctors say

(CNN) — A Florida man with worsening migraines was found to have parasitic tapeworm larvae in his brain, according to a report published this month in the American Journal of Case Reports. Doctors ...
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VERIFYING how a parasitic worm can get into your brain

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. allegedly contracted a parasitic worm more than a decade ago, which he claimed ate a portion of his brain before the worm died. Kennedy ...