Malaria is a life-threatening disease that is caused by unicellular eukaryotic parasites of the genus Plasmodium, with P. falciparum being responsible for the most severe form of human malaria. In the ...

MALARIA remains a major global public health challenge, with unacceptably high levels of disease and death still being reported. In 2023 alone, the World Health Organisation (WHO) estimated 263 ...

Epigenetic inhibitors as a promising new antimalarial intervention strategy? A new study identifies an inhibitor of gene regulation that specifically kills the malaria pathogen. A multinational ...

The parasite that causes malaria requires precise control of gene expression to progress through the various stages of its complex life cycle. A new study, by a multinational team of researchers, ...

Ondjiva — A sum of 524 cases of malaria and 11 deaths were registered in 51 days, in the commune of Oshimolo, southern province of Cunene, since the emergence of an outbreak of the disease on Dec 1, ...

The main symptoms of malaria—fever, fatigue, aches and pain—usually appear 10 to 15 days after the parasite that causes the disease, a protozoan of the genus Plasmodium, is injected into the body by ...

It is transmitted to humans through the bite of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes. Once transmitted to humans, the parasites travel to the liver, where they undergo maturation and multiplication.

Don’t rule out malaria just because you haven’t traveled anywhere. In light of recent locally acquired cases in the U.S., the lack of international travel should not exclude a diagnosis of malaria ...

(CNN) — 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 ...

MIAMI - 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 ...