Decoded: DNA of blood-sucking worm that infects world’s poor
Scientists have decoded the genome of an intestinal parasite that causes hookworm, an illness that afflicts an estimated 700 million of the world’s poor. The parasitic worm lives in the soil and enters the body through the feet. By feeding on victims’ blood, the worms cause anemia and, in children, stunted growth and learning problems.
Dangerous lung worms found in people who eat raw crayfish
Doctors at the School of Medicine have diagnosed a rare parasitic infection in six people who had consumed raw crayfish from streams and rivers in Missouri.