As the woman was not presenting the usual hookworm symptoms of stomach pain and diarrhea, doctors tried other options first, researchers explained. However, the parasite (the worms feed on ...

A pensioner strangled his wife after becoming convinced they both had hookworm, a court has heard. Brian James, 81, is accused of murdering Carol James, also 81, at their home in Bexleyheath ...

In this short film Dr Michael Mosley investigates hookworms - large parasites which invade our immune system. The worms have co-evolved with us to secrete chemicals which alter our immune system ...

Infested by hookworm. videoInfested by hookworm In this short film Dr Michael Mosley investigates hookworms - large parasites which invade our immune system. He meets a sufferer of Crohn’s ...