Parasites that cause severe diarrhoea are likely to become more Virulent because of the speed at which they are exchanging their DNA and evolving – according to new research from the University of East Anglia. Researchers studied the genomes of Cryptosporidium parvum – a zoonotic parasite that causes severe diarrhoea in both humans and animals. They found that different lineages of these Parasites are increasingly exchanging their DNA, which has helped the parasite evolve faster – potentially resulting in more virulent and better-adapted strains. The new study shows that the Cryptosporidium parvum lineages have exchanged more DNA in the last 200 years than in

How globalisation could be making Human Parasites more virulent as seen on The Hippocratic Post.