Comprehensive genetic mapping of Plasmodium knowlesi, a zoonotic parasite that causes malaria, has revealed the genes required for malaria infection of the blood, and those driving drug resistance. By ...

Malaria is caused by a eukaryotic microbe of the Plasmodium genus, and is responsible for more deaths than all other parasitic diseases combined. In order to transmit from the human host to the ...

Despite extensive efforts to combat malaria through diagnostics, treatments, and vaccines, the disease continues to pose a ...

Cerebral malaria kills 1 out of 5 children that suffer from it, and causes long-term disabilities in half of the survivors. Malaria is caused by the parasite Plasmodium falciparum, which reproduces in ...

Malaria researchers have just made a breakthrough that could transform how we fight one of the world's deadliest diseases. Scientists at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health have mapped the ...

(THE CONVERSATION) The fight against infectious disease is a race against evolution. Bacteria become resistant to antibiotics. Viruses adapt to spread more quickly. Diseases transmitted by insects ...

Scientists have found that a special component in some people's blood provides them with natural protection against malaria. A recent study has demonstrated that a genetic variant named rs112233623-T ...

GlobalData monitors data for malaria in 18 major markets, including Ghana and Kenya, where this evaluation study was ...

Scientists from Drexel University’s College of Medicine and Columbia University’s Irving Medical Center have uncovered a crucial structural feature of a key malaria drug target, known as PfATP4, and ...

(RTTNews) - QIAGEN N.V. (QGEN) has unveiled the QIAprep& Plasmodium Kit along with two companion assays to enhance efforts in malaria research and monitoring. This innovative solution streamlines ...