In order to study how nutrition can impact parasite worm infection, the team used a mouse model, Trichuris muris, which is closely related to human whipworm. Previous research has suggested that ...

Parasitic worms affect up to a billion people, particularly in developing nations with poor sanitation. One of these parasites known as "whipworm" can cause long lasting infections in the large ...

Whipworms are a parasite in the genus Trichuris. These tiny, thread-like nematodes live in the colon or in the large ...

The parasite, named Trichuris incognita, is a type of intestinal roundworm that is closely related to the whipworm Trichuris trichiura, which is currently thought to infect between 429 million and ...

Whipworm, which is a type of parasitic worm found in the large intestine, is a major cause of death and illness in certain countries. By Fiona Callingham, Health Reporter specialising in medical ...

Using stool samples from Viking latrines, researchers at the University of Copenhagen have genetically mapped one of the oldest human parasites – the whipworm. The mapping reflects the parasite ...

The whipworm (Trichuris trichiura) was once found all over the world, and it has infected people for thousands of years. It's also been identified in about 70 other species. The whipworm is now known ...

Eggs of the intestinal parasite whipworm are present in 8,000-year-old preserved feces from people who lived in a Neolithic settlement called Çatalhöyük, in modern-day Turkey, according to a study ...

The parasite, named Trichuris incognita, is a type of intestinal roundworm that is closely related to the whipworm Trichuris trichiura, which is currently thought to infect between 429 million and ...