As part of World Malaria Day 2022, we interview Karine Le Roch PH.D., about her latest research into how novel antimalarial therapeutic strategies could be on the horizon, after identifying two ...

A genomic study of malaria samples from Tanzania and Zanzibar found mutations connected to artemisinin partial resistance, ...

Wasakul, V., Disratthakit, A., Mayxay, M., et al. (2022). Malaria outbreak in Laos driven by a selective sweep for Plasmodium falciparum kelch13 R539T mutants: a genetic epidemiology analysis.

Drugs for P. falciparum can be evaluated quickly, but because P. vivax causes recurrent malaria, trials require much longer follow-up.

The 10.3% of participants that experienced recrudescence -- recurrent malaria caused by the same strain of P. falciparum as the initial infection after treatment with artesunate followed by ...

Anyone experiencing acute fever after returning from abroad, especially from African countries, should immediately visit a ...

P. falciparum is the deadliest malaria parasite and the most prevalent on the African continent. “ P. vivax is the dominant malaria parasite in most countries outside of sub-Saharan Africa.

Malaria, a disease caused by the parasite Plasmodium falciparum, affects more than 200 million people around the world every year.

Carried by migration The researchers say their findings support a hypothesis that P. falciparum spread to Europe from Asia around at least 2,000 years ago.