Scientists have discovered a new species of human parasite that appears to be resistant to common antiparasitic treatments, such as ivermectin.
The parasite, named Trichuris incognita, is a type of intestinal roundworm that is closely related to the whipworm Trichuris trichiura, which is currently thought to infect between 429 million and 508 million people globally, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). So far, the newly identified species has been found only in West Africa — spceifically Côte d’Ivoire.
