Prior infection by a parasitic hookworm has been shown to protect mice from severe SARS-CoV-2 disease, offering a potential explanation as to why certain human populations seemed to fare better during ...

Expelled worms which were key to the study. Scientists treated the population with worming tablets, collected their faeces then sieved it to collect worms. This enabled the research team to to plot ...

Worm infections are often regarded as a childhood health problem, but this perception can lead to them being overlooked in ...

Canine hookworms are becoming increasingly resistant to drugs across Australia, according to research published in the International Journal of Parasitology. Scientists at The University of Queensland ...

Hookworms, intestinal parasites that infect hundreds of millions of people in under-resourced tropical regions around the globe, have evolved to survive inside the human gut for years, secreting ...