After returning from a vacation in the Dominican Republic, a Canadian couple realized they'd acquired a cutaneous larva migrans, or hookworm, infection. The infection was most likely caused by ...
A pensioner strangled his wife after becoming convinced they both had hookworm, a court has heard. Brian James, 81, is accused of murdering Carol James, also 81, at their home in Bexleyheath ...
In this short film Dr Michael Mosley investigates hookworms - large parasites which invade our immune system. The worms have co-evolved with us to secrete chemicals which alter our immune system ...
Over the past 15 years our researchers have led the development of new vaccines to combat NTDs. Through their activities a human hookworm vaccine is in phase 1 clinical trials as is a schistosomiasis ...
parasitic diseases like hookworm, schistosomiasis; and hemoglobinopathies, including sickle cell disease and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency. Lastly, a practical approach to the ...
Infested by hookworm. videoInfested by hookworm In this short film Dr Michael Mosley investigates hookworms - large parasites which invade our immune system. He meets a sufferer of Crohn’s ...