Reviewed by Megan Craig, M.Sc. Aug 28 2023 The mosquito-borne infectious disease malaria resulted in about 241 million clinical episodes and 627,000 deaths in 2020.

Zeeshan, M., et al. (2022) Genome-wide functional analysis reveals key roles for kinesins in the mammalian and mosquito stages of the malaria parasite life cycle.

Hesperos, the human-on-a-chip company, models the full life cycle of a deadly malaria parasite by combining a human ...

Malaria parasites, of which Plasmodium falciparum is the most widespread and lethal, are transmitted by mosquitoes and have a complex life cycle. Malaria symptoms occur once the parasite's asexual ...

New Jersey officials are now investigating whether a resident’s malaria infection was locally acquired. The New Jersey ...

Researchers said they have identified a new “hidden” life cycle of malaria parasites in the human spleen — a finding that could have implications for malaria elimination programs, one of ...

The sexual stage of the malaria parasite's life-cycle occurs within the mosquito after it has fed on malaria-infected blood.

This so-called blood stage vaccine acts at a later stage in the malaria parasite's life cycle than Glaxo's experimental vaccine Mosquirix.

In the current study, led by Zbynek Bozdech, PhD, and Manuel Llinas, PhD, postdoctoral fellows in the DeRisi lab, the researchers sought to identify the genes involved in carrying out the third, and ...