Unusually high levels of blood congestion in vessels feeding the brain may lead to severe swelling, scientists have found in a discovery that solves a longstanding malaria mystery: how the infection ...

The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) issued a nationwide malaria alert on the 13th. Malaria is a disease transmitted when Anopheles mosquitoes inject protozoa into humans during ...

Individuals with a history of Plasmodium falciparum protozoan parasitic infection had a significantly increased long-term risk of developing heart failure but not myocardial infarction or ...

Malaria remains a serious health issue globally, especially in Africa. The disease is caused by protozoan parasites in the Plasmodium genus. In 2021, there were 247 million cases of malaria and ...

Researchers have used whole genome analyses and chemogenetics to identify new drug targets and resistance genes in 262 parasite cell lines of Plasmodium falciparum -- protozoan pathogens that cause ...

The conservative New England Journal of Medicine recently jumped on “the erroneous conception that malaria can be eradicated by means of a five-day treatment with the synthetic drug, atabrine.” ...

Antibodies have drawn a spotlight over the past year and a half as scientists and lay people alike have asked how long the infection-fighting proteins persist in the face of a formidable enemy—a ...

There are two more cases of locally acquired malaria in Sarasota County, according to the Florida Department of Health, bringing the total number of cases to six in the state. At the end of June, the ...

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, with colleagues across the country and around the world, have used whole genome analyses and chemogenetics to identify new drug ...