parasite

Adult flies are capable of traveling miles while searching for hosts, but infected livestock, pets, birds, and other wildlife can also help carry the parasite into new areas.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026

Taco Bell did not have to determine how a microscopic parasite entered an international lettuce supply chain.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

Two people have died and 570 were hospitalised in recent months in relation to the outbreak of cyclospora, a microscopic parasite that can cause explosive diarrhoea.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

The Food and Drug Administration said it continues to investigate how the product linked to the outbreak became contaminated with cyclospora, the parasite that causes cyclosporiasis.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

They’ve risked Mobutu and every imaginable parasite in the backwater places where children were left to die or endure when the Underdowns and their ilk fled the country.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

Bedbugs are small, wingless parasites that can live on clothes, furniture and bedding.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

Researchers often found dirt and debris clinging to the animals, along with tiny parasites living on their bodies.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2026

Our host, sitting alongside his “BioCharger” machine, prepared us for a session in which he would rid us of parasites inside the body and also parasites out in the world.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

For example, before vaccines kick in, sharing a litter box with another house cat risks transferring parasites.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

In the United States our foresters seem to have thought of biological control chiefly in terms of introducing insect parasites and predators.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson