Researchers want the parasite to be added to the diseases that public health officials are required to report. Researchers ...

More than 90% of popular freshwater game fish in Southern California contain an introduced parasite capable of infecting humans, according to a new study by researchers at UC San Diego's Scripps ...

More than 90% of popular freshwater game fish in Southern California contain an introduced parasite capable of infecting humans, according to a new study by researchers at UC San Diego's Scripps ...

More than 90 percent of popular Southern California freshwater game fish sampled in a new study contained invasive worms capable of infecting humans, scientists warn. The parasites — two species ...

“But these trematodes have now been widely introduced in the U.S. and that means that doctors and the public should be aware.” Hechinger emphasized that there is “no need to panic” as the risks posed ...

This bluegill collected during the study contained 16,973 Haplorchis pumilio and 8 Centrocestus formosanus infectious trematode parasite larval stages. Photo: Emma Palmer. The study identified two ...

A UC San Diego study published Tuesday found that more than 90% of freshwater game fish in Southern California had parasites capable of infecting humans and causing health problems. The parasites ...

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Two species of flatworms, called trematodes, are known to cause gastrointestinal problems and cause humans to lose weight or become lethargic.

Opecoelidae trematodes represent one of the most diverse families of parasitic flatworms infecting marine fish, and their study is central to understanding parasitic life cycles in aquatic ecosystems.

In Southern California, a quiet but widespread public health risk has taken root in the region’s freshwater fishing spots. Researchers from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego ...