This program contrasts pernicious and benign parasites through four case studies: a flesh-eating organism that nearly causes the facial disfigurement of a young woman; a mysterious malaria attack contracted by an American man who has never traveled to an at-risk locale; a vacationing child who returns home with a boil on her neck containing a very large Tumbu fly maggot; and a woman who voluntarily takes worms into her body to relieve a painful intestinal condition. Research into using beneficial parasites to treat asthma and allergies such as hay fever is also presented. Viewer discretion is advised.

Films Media Group

Parasites, Parasitism, Parasitic diseases, Toxoplasmosis, Science and math

Eaten alive: parasites and their human hosts

Thomas, Helen, Kemp, Ross, Laking, Anne, BBC Education & Training, British Broadcasting Corporation, Learning Channel (Firm), Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)

00:51:02 (HH:MM:SS)

English

Higher education

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