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 ...

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Mitochondria are well known as the energy producers of cells, but they have other crucial functions as well. One of those ...

One-off cases of malaria in the U.S. may become more common as warming temperatures lead to booming mosquito populations ...

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

A Morris County resident contracted the illness without leaving the United States. Investigators are searching to determine ...

The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) issued a nationwide malaria alert on Tuesday after detecting the ...

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

Credit: Helena Pinheiro, iMM Malaria is a devastating disease caused by the Plasmodium parasite. After an infected mosquitos' bite, the parasites travel to the liver and infect liver cells.

Based on his team’s previous findings that Plasmodium hijacks host anticoagulant factors, including tPA, Vega-Rodriguez and his team explored the influence of mosquito apyrase on the parasite’s ...

A malaria vaccine that combines a shot of live Plasmodium falciparum parasites that cause the disease with a dose of drugs to curb the infection has shown promise in a small trial. The parasite ...