Several new malaria drugs under development share a common feature: they promote an influx of sodium ions into Plasmodium parasites that have invaded red blood cells and multiply there. A study ...

A Nigerian-led research team at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, has recorded a major scientific breakthrough in the global fight against malaria.The team successfully determined and ...

Landmark findings from a major malaria clinical trial led by Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) and international ...

Plasmodium Ovale is not a very common type of malaria that has been identified in a soldier in Kerala who is believed to have contracted in Sudan during his posting, where Plasmodium Ovale is endemic.

An effective vaccine for malaria is urgently needed. Naturally acquired immunity to malaria develops slowly, and induction of protection in humans can be achieved artificially by the inoculation of ...

The evolutionary path of the deadliest human malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, has been revealed for the first time. This parasite is a member of the Laverania parasite family that only infect ...

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. This phase of the infection is ...

Malaria is caused by a parasite that enters blood through the bite of an infected mosquito. Malaria is a serious parasitic disease and is carried to humans through mosquitoes infected with the ...

Malaria is a parasitic disease of human beings. It is transmitted in 108 countries, in total affecting around 3 billion people. In 2010, it caused an estimated 216 million cases and 655,000 deaths.