A 75-year-old woman, who has since recovered, didn’t have the gastrointestinal bleeding that usually accompanies the ...

Doctors didn't know why the woman wasn't getting better after being given medication for anemia and a bacterial stomach ...

In extreme cases, the swelling can be profound, resulting in a condition known as elephantiasis. This is because the worm ...

A teenager from California visited a dermatology clinic complaining of an unsightly rash, which was later found to be parasitic worms. The 19-year-old boy worked as a beach lifeguard in southern ...

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 ...