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WEHI researchers have visualized a key protein complex in malaria parasites for the first time, uncovering a new target for next-generation vaccines that could help stop the disease from spreading.
Malaria is spread through the bite of a female Anopheles mosquito infected with the Plasmodium parasiteThe fight against malaria — one of humanity’s oldest and deadliest diseases — has received a ...
The patient has not traveled outside of the U.S., so officials are looking into how he could have acquired the mosquito-borne ...
New Jersey officials are now investigating whether a resident’s malaria infection was locally acquired. The New Jersey ...
Hesperos, the human-on-a-chip company, models the full life cycle of a deadly malaria parasite by combining a human ...
You can take certain steps to lower your chances of becoming an unwitting host to one of these nasties. Practicing basic ...
Swiss medical regulators have approved a new malaria treatment for infants, offering hope to many in Africa KAMPALA, Uganda - ...
Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have discovered how a parasite that causes malaria when transmitted through a mosquito bite can hide from the body’s immune system, sometimes for years. It turns ...
Malaria parasite may have come from gorillas, scientists say By Amina Khan, Los Angeles Times Sept. 22, 2010 12 AM PT ...
Chemical Rescue of Malaria Parasites Lacking an Apicoplast Defines Organelle Function in Blood-Stage Plasmodium falciparum. PLoS Biology, 2011; 9 (8): e1001138 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001138 ...
UK scientists reviewed 26 studies that measured levels of Plasmodium parasites – which cause malaria – among blood donors in sub-Saharan Africa between 2000 and 2017 and found that an average ...