The journey to eliminate malaria is complex, hindered by the parasite's adaptability and challenges in vaccine development.

an infection by the parasite Plasmodium falciparum that causes cycles of chills and fever. The parasite spends the first stage of its life cycle in the salivary glands of the mosquito Anopheles ...

Comprehensive genetic mapping of Plasmodium knowlesi, a zoonotic parasite that causes malaria, has revealed the genes required for malaria infection of the blood, and those driving drug resistance.

The study also revealed significant differences in the regulatory mechanisms of Plasmodium compared to other eukaryotes. The parasite lacks several typical cell cycle regulators, including polo ...

To find new therapeutic targets, researchers at Nagasaki University are revealing details about the parasite’s life cycle and biology ... cause malaria in humans, Plasmodium falciparum is ...

Several vaccines that target different stages of the malaria parasite life cycle are now in clinical ... a fusion protein comprising part of the Plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite protein ...

A new, comprehensive map of all the genes essential for blood infections in Plasmodium knowlesi (P. knowlesi), a parasite that causes malaria in humans, has been generated. The map contains the most ...