An international collaboration of researchers led by the University of Liège (Belgium) has found an unknown and unexpected mechanism that regulates the immune response against helminth infections. The ...

Nearly a quarter of the world's population is infected by helminths, parasitic worms that ... which are responsible for certain autoimmune diseases. "Further research is needed to determine ...

Vaccines against leishmaniasis, Chagas disease, and other soil-transmitted helminths are in development. The National School of Tropical Medicine works to bring attention to neglected tropical ...

Chagas disease, cysticercosis, Dengue, tuberculosis, strongyloidiasis, soil-transmitted helminths and toxocariasis are among several endemic tropical diseases that can be locally acquired in Texas.