The disease we know as Malaria was thought to be caused by breathing “bad air” (mal aria) that emanates from swamps. This was ...

Resistance to frontline artemisinins and partner drugs is now causing the failure of artemisinin-based combination therapies against Plasmodium falciparum in southeast Asia. Triple artemisinin-based ...

Malaria remains a major global health burden. The pathogen, Plasmodium falciparum, has evolved strategies to evade the host immune system ...

A novel technique to "tame" the malaria parasite, by forcing it to depend on an external supply of a vital chemical, has been developed. The scientists have, in effect, created a domesticated strain ...

A new study has uncovered a hidden step that helps the deadliest malaria parasite survive and multiply inside the human body. Researchers studying Plasmodium falciparum found that the parasite relies ...

Malaria remains a major global health concern. Recently, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended two vaccines for use ...

Recently in the news that Plasmodium Ovale which is not a very common type of malaria has been identified in a soldier in Kerala. What is Plasmodium Ovale? Let us study in detail including various ...

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 ...

In a study appearing in Nature, an international team of researchers led by the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, reconstructed the evolutionary history and ...

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 ...

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 ...