Treatment failure for Plasmodium falciparum malaria is increasing in nonendemic countries. A session organized by the British Infection Association at European Society of Clinical Microbiology and ...

The disease is caused by five species of Plasmodium parasites, with Plasmodium falciparum responsible for the most severe cases. In 2024 alone, malaria accounted for more than 250 million cases ...

In the November 15 Nature, David Modiano and colleagues report a large-scale study aimed at clarifying the role of hemoglobin C (HbC) in resistance to Plasmodium falciparum malaria ... a leader in ...

To protect themselves from that fate, the parasites deploy grappling hooks called PfEMP1 (plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1) onto the outside of the red blood cells, latching ...

Cerebral malaria (CM) is a complex of syndromes relating to the presence of Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes sequestering in the brain microvasculature. The mechanisms of pathology are ...

According to Professor Rachel Cerdan of the University of Montpellier, the big concern is the resistance of the parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, to antimalarial drugs. "It's something that ...