• Skip to main content
  • Skip to header right navigation
  • Skip to site footer

Submit your local news to MyCapeTown HERE

  • WordPress
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • YouTube
  • Bluesky
My Cape Town

My Cape Town

Cape Town Community News and Events

  • Events
  • Daily News
  • Submit News
  • Dam Levels
  • Stratlec Shop
You are here: Home / News / More than a gut feeling: the good news and the bad about parasitic worms

More than a gut feeling: the good news and the bad about parasitic worms

18 February 2015 by Alan

parasitic worm

Around a billion people living in the developing regions of sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and the Americas are infected with at least one type of parasitic worm. These worms – including hookworms, roundworms and tapeworms – collectively known as helminths, cause some of the most common infections in the developing world.

Full Article: Research Office – More than a gut feeling: the good news and the bad about parasitic worms –

Click here to submit your Cape Town News.



Category: News

you may also love

‘We don’t want black cops’

Police are failing to stop the daily bloodshed in Manenberg because of racism, according to CPF chairperson Kader …
News

Customary Marriages Amendment Bill goes to Parliament

Customary Marriages Amendment Bill goes to Parliament: Cabinet has approved the submission of the Recognition of …
News

‘We don’t want to be in South Africa’ – Refugees plead for relocation as CoCT moves to evict

Hundreds of refugees living in tented camps in Cape Town say they’re not refusing help from authorities but were pleading for …
News

Phase 2 of Lushushwane Water Project kicks off

Phase 2 of Lushushwane Water Project kicks off: Pretoria – Water and Sanitation Minister Nomvula Mokonyane has performed …

About Alan

Previous Post:Camps Bay cyclist killed in crash
Next Post:How mining crime data can help create safer, smarter cities

Copyright © 2026 · My Cape Town · All Rights Reserved · Powered by Reach Trust