The spleen is important in removing malaria parasites from the blood, and thereby controlling the infection, and yet the role of HIV co-infection in this process is yet to be described. The spleen as ...

Malaria presentation differs between women with low and high malaria immunity. The former often experience acute severe syndromes, such as respiratory distress and cerebral malaria, and these women ...

Osaka - Malaria caused by Plasmodium parasites is a life-threatening infectious disease that kills at least half a million people annually while causing over 200 million new infections. In some cases, ...

Microorganisms in the gut could play a role in reducing the severity of malaria, according to a new study co-authored by researchers at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and the University of ...

Tracey Lamb, PhD, professor of pathology, is the University of Utah’s first National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Jefferson Science Fellow. In this role, she will spend time with ...

Plasmodium vivax is the most widely distributed human malaria parasite, mostly outside sub-Saharan Africa, and responsible for millions of clinical cases yearly, including severe disease and death.

Malaria, one of the most severe public health problems, affected 212 million people worldwide in 2015. This life-threatening disease is caused by parasites that are transmitted to humans through the ...

Plasmodium vivax is the most widely distributed human malaria parasite, mostly outside sub-Saharan Africa, and responsible for millions of clinical cases yearly, including severe disease and death.

Malaria infection threatens millions of people worldwide. Sequestering of Plasmodium-infected erythrocytes within the blood vessels of the brain may lead to a more severe form of disease called ...

Hormones that regulate cardiovascular function have been discovered to influence malaria infection. As a consequence, beta-blockers, which are safe, inexpensive and commonly prescribed drugs used ...

Mosquito-borne ailments are among the most devastatingly successful diseases on earth. Right now, the threat posed by mosquito-borne illnesses—malaria, dengue fever, yellow fever, West Nile virus—is ...

Scientists are raising the alarm about a drug-resistant strain of malaria that's becoming a growing threat in southeast Asia and could spread to other countries where the parasitic infection is common ...