News-Medical: ParAqua develops an interactive database to fill the gap in knowledge about zoosporic parasites. “ParAqua COST Action, which gathers researchers, innovators, and producers of microalgae across Europe and beyond, have started the development of an interactive database on zoosporic algae parasites. In addition to the interactive database, the network is currently preparing a booklet that will serve as a guideline for methods of early detection and monitoring of zoosporic parasites.”
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NBC News: On Facebook, fears of parasites push people to post pictures of feces and pursue dangerous remedies
NBC News: On Facebook, fears of parasites push people to post pictures of feces and pursue dangerous remedies. “Fears of parasites have led thousands of people to post pictures of their own feces in a private Facebook group and then pursue a range of remedies proposed by other group members that medical experts consider unsubstantiated by scientific research and potentially dangerous. The posts are another example of the wide variety of health misinformation that can be found on Facebook, and add to the pressure on the social media giant to rein in such misinformation, if not ban it outright.”
University of New Mexico: UNM joins multi-institutional effort to create Terrestrial Parasite Tracker project
University of New Mexico: UNM joins multi-institutional effort to create Terrestrial Parasite Tracker project. “Museum specimens play a fundamental role in understanding parasite biology, yet specimens and associated data are often hidden away in vials and on microscope slides in research collections all over the country. That is set to change soon, however, as The University of New Mexico joins Purdue University and 25 other institutions to lead the effort to modernize the world’s knowledge on arthropod parasites using a three-year, $4.3 million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant. The Terrestrial Parasite Tracker project will mobilize data and images from more than 1.3 million arthropod specimens from research collections across the United States.”
Ars Technica: Selfies show worm slithered through woman’s face for 2 weeks
Ars Technica: Selfies show worm slithered through woman’s face for 2 weeks. WARNING: the pictures in this story are not traditionally gory, but they left me nauseated. “A 32-year-old woman who visited a rural area outside of Moscow returned home with a surprising stowaway—in her face. And it was a restless one at that, according to a short report published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).”
India Researchers Develop Database of Worms
Researchers in India have developed a database of worms. “Rather cumbersomely called the Northeast India Helminth Parasite Information Database, or NEIHPID, it has exhaustive information on worm parasites of the northeast that are also widely found in South and Southeast Asia, regions with similar dietary habits.”