Every cell of the deadly Plasmodium falciparum parasite, the organism that causes malaria, contains a tiny compartment full ...

A malaria test commonly used across Asia and South America “is not fit for purpose”, researchers have claimed.

During the 1850s, soldiers returning from the Crimean War introduced plasmodium, the malaria-causing parasite, to Cork’s mosquito population.  Oliver Cromwell may have died of ‘Cork fever’, contracted ...

Malaria remains one of the world's most devastating infectious diseases, claiming more than half a million lives each year.

Given that heme is central to the mechanism of action of artemisinins and some quinolines, we hypothesized that these antimalarials would exhibit strong drug-drug interactions. Previous studies using ...

South Africa, Botswana, and Eswatini are among 25 countries identified by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as having the ...

“Insecticide-treated bed nets are a proven defence. This is a vector control tool that reduces contact of humans to mosquitoes that carry malaria. The insecticide is effective in killing or disabling ...

“That’s a risk.” In the study, the Bioline test detected 18 per cent of Plasmodium falciparum malaria cases, while another brand diagnosed 89 per cent. For Plasmodium vivax, a different form of the ...

Over the last one and a half decades we have seen malaria incidence, morbidity, and mortality decreasing. Ethiopia was ...