NewsDesk @bactiman63 Here are the five most popular posts on Outbreak News Today for the month of May 2023: 5. Chicago Mpox cases rising, 24 confirmed cases since March The Illinois Department of Public...

In this primer on intestinal nematodes, I look briefly at the life cycles, symptoms and pathology and diagnosis of the common parasites in this group–Enterobius vermicularis, Trichuris trichiura,...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a parasite is an organism that lives on or in a host organism and gets its food from or at the expense of its host. There are three main...

In this special Thanksgiving airing of the Outbreak News This Week Radio Show, I feature four interviews on four very common parasitic nematodes, or roundworms– the giant intestinal roundworm–Ascaris...

In an earlier episode of the podcast we discussed the giant intestinal roundworm, Ascaris lumbricoides–a nematode parasite. Today, we’ll look at a nematode that is about the size of a staple–Enterobius...

A Facebook post concerning an outbreak at Fort Knox has prompted Army officials to respond. The outbreak being talked about on the social media site is due to Enterobius vermicularis, or more commonly...

So many of us or our family members have experienced this relatively mild though distressing infection. Pinworm is the most common worm infection in North America with up to 50% of some groups of school...