Home > Medical > Infectious Diseases > Parasitic diseases Parasitic diseases Learn more about infectious diseases caused by a parasite including information on schistosomiasis (bilharzia). New clues on how Zika virus causes microcephaly Researchers said Zika disrupts foetal brain development by impairing the growth of cells that normally develop into brain and nervous system cells. Bilharzia Bilharzia is a parasitic disease caused by worms. Bugged for life: the creepy crawlies on our skin that we're stuck with for life No matter how many times you shower or how hard you scrub yourself with medicinal soap, there are still going to be millions of yucky bugs crawling all over your skin. Yikes! Link between Zika and microcephaly not yet proven The fast-spreading Zika virus has led to panic because of a possible link to the birth defect microcephaly. But some critics say the alarm is premature. Ancient parasite highlights humans' role in spread of disease The discovery of a schistosomiasis parasite egg in a 6,200-year-old grave in Syria may be the earliest evidence that agricultural irrigation systems in the Middle East contributed to a vast spread of disease. Microspordiosis An intestinal infection which causes severe diarrhoea and physical wasting. load more
New clues on how Zika virus causes microcephaly Researchers said Zika disrupts foetal brain development by impairing the growth of cells that normally develop into brain and nervous system cells.
Bugged for life: the creepy crawlies on our skin that we're stuck with for life No matter how many times you shower or how hard you scrub yourself with medicinal soap, there are still going to be millions of yucky bugs crawling all over your skin. Yikes!
Link between Zika and microcephaly not yet proven The fast-spreading Zika virus has led to panic because of a possible link to the birth defect microcephaly. But some critics say the alarm is premature.
Ancient parasite highlights humans' role in spread of disease The discovery of a schistosomiasis parasite egg in a 6,200-year-old grave in Syria may be the earliest evidence that agricultural irrigation systems in the Middle East contributed to a vast spread of disease.