Ever had that feeling? You’re just… off. Maybe it started after that amazing trip, or perhaps it’s a lingering tummy bug you can’t quite shake. #ectoparasites #helminths #parasitesymptoms #parasitetreatment #parasiticinfection #preventingparasites #protozoa

https://priya.health/parasitic-infection/

Where can you get infected with filaria?
You can also “get acquainted” with filariae while on vacation to the islands of Fiji, Mozambique, Goa, Tahiti, and also in Egypt.
The main carriers of these parasites are mosquitoes (native mosquitoes).

#parasites #filariasis #helminths #Filaria

How many types of helminths exist on Earth?

There are more than 300,000 species of helminths known on our planet that affect vertebrates. There are 300 species of helminths observed in humans (according to other sources, more than 12,000 species).

#helminths #worms #Parasites #Earthtypesworms

Just in time for
#FossilFriday: Fossil constraints on the origin and evolution of #Platyhelminthes are surprisingly concordant with modern molecular #phylogenies:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S1984-4689.v41.e24002

#flatworms

#paleobiology

#paleontology

#fossils

#paleoparasitology

#helminths

#flatworms