An investigational malaria vaccine given intravenously was well-tolerated and protected a significant proportion of healthy adults against infection with Plasmodium falciparum malaria—the ...

Malaria was noted in 95 (11%) of the 852 samples. The RDT had superior performance than the standard Giemsa thick blood smear (P = .003). The RDT's sensitivity for all malaria was 97% (92 of 95 ...

An investigational malaria vaccine given intravenously was well-tolerated and protected a significant proportion of healthy adults against infection with Plasmodium falciparum malaria -- the ...

The study shows that among the 40 participants who received five doses of saline, 93 percent developed Plasmodium falciparum malaria infections. However, only 66 percent of the PfSPZ Vaccine ...

The researchers' primary focus is on diagnosis of malaria, a deadly disease that kills more than 400,000 people every year. Malaria is best diagnosed by analyzing blood smears through a microscope.

How blood group O protects against malaria Date: March 9, 2015 Source: Karolinska Institutet Summary: It has long been known that people with blood type O are protected from dying of severe ...

Certain viral and parasitic diseases can play a role in causing various types of cancer. Studies have shown that both Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), the virus that causes mononucleosis, and Plasmodium ...

The rate of detection by peripheral blood smear ranges from 5 to 50% in pregnancy. [24, 25] Among a cohort of pregnant women in Mozambique diagnosed with P. falciparum infection by real-time PCR ...

Journal reference: Shaw, W.R ., et al. (2020) Multiple blood feeding in mosquitoes shortens the Plasmodium falciparum incubation period and increases malaria transmission potential.