Purdue University

Purdue leading effort to digitize North American parasite collections

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Parasites play significant roles in human health, wildlife conservation and livestock productivity. But getting an accurate picture of their distributions and associations with ...
Nature

Import of host δ-aminolevulinate dehydratase into the malarial parasite: Identification of a new drug target

Figure 1: Identification of the protein on P. berghei membrane binding to mouse red blood cell ALAD. Figure 2: Analysis of binding of mouse red blood cell ALAD deletion mutants to solubilized P.
Nature

Coccidia Parasites: Morphological and Molecular Characterization

This summary examines recent advances in the dual approaches of morphological and molecular characterisation employed in the study of coccidia parasites. Coccidia are intracellular protozoan parasites ...
Discover Magazine

This Newly Discovered Parasite Looks Like a String of Pearls Around a Spider's Neck

Learn more about a parasitic spider mite discovered in Brazil, the second of the genus ever described.
insider.si.edu

The evolution and fossil record of parasitism identification and macroevolution of parasites Kenneth De Baets, John Warren Huntley, editors

Parasites of Fossil Vertebrates: What We Know and What can We Expect from the Fossil Record? / Tommy L. F. Leung -- Fossil Record of Viruses, Parasitic Bacteria and Parasitic Protozoa / George Poinar ...