Conversion from the asexual to the sexual phase of the malaria parasite is necessary for its transmission to the mosquito. A study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) -- an ...

For the first time the developmental stages of the deadliest human malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, have been mapped in high resolution, allowing scientists to better understand this ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Asexual conversion of amoebae to plasmodia was studied in the Colonia isolate of the myxomycete, Physarum polycephalum. When a culture of ...

Malaria infection in humans, caused by unicellular parasites from the genus Plasmodium and transmitted via the bite of an infected Anopheles mosquito, is a major global health challenge. Researchers ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Plasmodium inui (Halberstaedter and von Prowazek, 1907), a malarial parasite of Old World monkeys that occurs in isolated pockets throughout ...

The study took place at the University College Hospital in Ibadan, Nigeria, and was designed as a nonblind, randomised, controlled trial in which 212 children who presented with acute, symptomatic, ...

An experimental drug, called DSM265, cured seven volunteers of a Plasmodium falciparum infection, a malaria parasite that is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. The goal of this ...

A study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) - an institution supported by "la Caixa" Foundation- reveals a new mechanism by which the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum ...