An infection cannot spread between humans. Another key characteristic of a hookworm infection may come via a skin rash once they start to burrow through the skin, Dr Baumgardt noted. Known ...

Threadworms, roundworms and tapeworms are all leading causes of parasitic infection worldwide – but do you know the signs they could be squirming around inside you? From easy to dismiss ...

In this short film Dr Michael Mosley investigates hookworms - large parasites which ... In this short film Dr Michael Mosley describes the infection of household cats with Toxoplasma gondii.