Pregnancy malaria (PM ... During PM, parasites typically sequester in the placenta, whereas peripheral blood smears often appear negative. In addition, many infected women remain asymptomatic ...

And yet, there are similarities. Malaria is caused by a parasite, usually found in tropical regions, that infects humans after they have been bitten by a mosquito. This parasite is transmitted ...

A drug-resistant strain of the parasite that causes malaria has been identified by scientists in Rwanda. The study, published in Nature, found the parasites were able to resist treatment by ...

The vaccine employs a weakened strain of Plasmodium falciparum (P falciparum), the parasite that causes the deadliest form of malaria in humans. “We have removed an important gene in the malaria ...

Malaria parasites that can shrug off the effects of the critical drug artemisinin are now well-established in East Africa. Resistance levels have soared in some areas from fewer than 1% to more ...

When an infected mosquito bites a person, the malaria parasite is passed into the human bloodstream, infecting them. Mosquitoes in turn can pick up the parasite from an infected human and then ...

Malaria, caused by a parasite transmitted to humans through an infected mosquito's bite, is a leading cause of illness and death worldwide. Most susceptible are pregnant women, displaced people ...