A microscopic parasite that quietly settles into the brain of humans and animals is not nearly as quiet as scientists once believed. New work on Toxoplasma gondii suggests that the so‑called dormant ...

A parasite that lives permanently in the brains of millions may not be as uniformly dormant as scientists once thought.

A common parasite long thought to lie dormant is actually much more active and complex. Researchers found that Toxoplasma ...

Every year, malaria kills more than 600,000 people worldwide. Most of them are children under 5 in sub-Saharan Africa. But ...

A University of California, Riverside team of scientists has found that Toxoplasma gondii , a common parasite affecting up to one-third of the global population, is far more complex than previously ...