Malaria parasites undergo an extensive metamorphosis after invasion of erythrocytes. This induces an increase in the surface ...

Indonesia has been developing an artificial intelligence (AI)-based malaria detection system, which will use data from many ...

Female Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes transmit malaria parasites between humans ... worked on another disease-transmitting, blood-sucking parasite known as the tsetse fly, the researchers contacted ...

Under the microscope a malaria parasite can actually be seen literally crawling inside of people’s red blood cells. In order to survive, the malaria parasite has to break down a part of the red blood ...

Two studies show that Plasmodium—the genus of protozoans that cause malaria—have an internal sense of time that synchronizes with their host’s circadian rhythms and allows the parasites to ...

When it comes to evading the human immune system, the malaria ... parasites invade the liver, where they multiply 10,000-fold. They’re safely hidden until they burst out and infect red blood ...

Now, in a study published Friday (July 15) in Cell Metabolism, researchers describe the complicated tug-of-war between host and parasite that appears to explain malaria-associated hypoglycemia.

To confirm the existence of the malaria parasite and establish the kind of malaria, medical experts will use diagnostic tests such as a blood smear or quick diagnostic test. Step 2- Maintaining ...

Their red blood cells, containing some abnormal hemoglobin, tend to sickle when they are infected by the malaria parasite. Those infected cells flow through the spleen, which culls them out ...

Despite decades of efforts focused on mosquito eradication, drug therapies, and vaccines, malaria remains hard to beat, especially in Africa.

Malaria diagnosis involves microscopic examination of blood smears for the presence of Plasmodium parasites or rapid diagnostic tests detecting specific antigens. Dengue diagnosis often involves ...

Scientists may have found a solution to stop the spread of malaria ... with worm and parasite infections," said a news release. By contrast, nitisinone "specifically targets blood-sucking insects ...