According to the Texas Department of State Health Services, on average, 1 to 2 people in Texas die each year from venomous ...

in addition to Chagas disease and leishmaniasis, that are a subgroup of the neglected tropical diseases. 1 The pathogen responsible for human African trypanosomiasis, the trypanosome, is transmitted ...

The disease was transmitted by so-called "kissing bugs." These bugs would settle on a person as they slept and bite their lips ... of the person and the aggressiveness of the parasites. Chagas is ...

Benznidazole shows better efficacy than posaconazole in patients with chronic Chagas disease, a long-term follow-up study ...

Doctors explain everything you need to know about Lyme disease and what to do if you find a tick attached to your skin.

You can get Lyme disease when a tick bites you, spreading a specific type of bacteria. Dr. Bobbi Pritt, a pathologist who specializes in the laboratory diagnosis of vector-borne and parasitic ...

Getting a tick bite can be understandably scary: They're most often discussed in the context of people developing Lyme disease, a bacterial infection that can either be easily treated if caught ...

Two more kinds of ticks can cause red meat allergies than previously thought. See the new species, learn where all 3 live, ...

An estimated 7,000 to 8,000 people are bitten annually by venomous snakes in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The bites cause only five deaths a year ...