Other Bites & Stings

According to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Ascaris lumbricoides alone accounts for 1.4 billion roundworm infections throughout the world. Understanding how roundworms...

Sea lice is a term commonly used to describe Swimmer's itch (also known as sea bather's eruption or Cercarial Dermatitis). Actual sea lice are parasite bugs that affect fish and sea lice describes...

Pinworms are the most common roundworm infection. Pinworms are highly infectious, and they can live off a host for up to two weeks. Pinworms generally infect humans, then begin their life cycle...

Hookworm is a generic name for a small group of parasites that latch onto the intestines of their victims through hook-like appendages near their mouths. Millions of people worldwide become...

Tapeworms rarely cause symptoms within their human or animal hosts. Most of the time, those who are host to a tapeworm don't even know they are infected, unless the parasite grows too large. At...

Onchocerciasis disease is more commonly known as river blindness. Onchocerciasis is the result of an infection by Onchocerca volvulus, which is a parasitic worm. The parasite is introduced into...

Sea lice actually are not lice at all. They are the microscopic offspring of jellyfish; However, since their effects are similar to those of head or pubic lice, they have gained the nickname of...

Like something from a terrible science fiction movie, a botfly does the terrifyingly unthinkable--it burrows under the skin of a human host. The eggs for the botfly larvae can be implanted in...

Chiggers are the larvae of harvest or scrub mites. The mites go through four life cycle stages: eggs, larvae, nymphs and adults. They are only parasitic in the larval stage. The larval mite will...