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What happens if an alien parasite infected you?

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Medical Xpress

Common brain parasite can infect your immune cells—here's why that's probably OK

The parasite that may already live in your brain can infect the very immune cells trying to destroy it, but new UVA Health research reveals how our bodies keep it under control. The parasite, ...

This Cat Parasite Infects Billions of People. Scientists Say We’ve Been Underestimating It

Toxoplasma gondii, a.k.a. toxo, is a major cause of vision loss and other serious complications, and it may even alter people ...
Phys.org

How a parasite 'gave up sex' to find more hosts—and why its victory won't last

Australian researchers have uncovered how a particular strain of a diarrhea-causing parasite managed to infect more animal species, offering new insights into how parasitic infections emerge and ...
Time

You Might Be Hosting a Parasite Right Now. Here's How to Tell

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Common brain parasite can infect your immune cells. Here's why that's probably OK

Tajie Harris, PhD, is the director of the Center for Brain Immunology and Glia (BIG Center) at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. The parasite that may already live in your brain can ...