Nine cases were caused by Plasmodium vivax (P vivax) and 1 case was caused by Plasmodium falciparum ... The gold standard malaria test is Giemsa stained thick and thin blood smear microscopy.

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Over the past several decades, malaria diagnosis has changed very little. After taking a blood sample from a patient, a technician smears the blood across a glass slide, stains it ...

Pregnancy malaria (PM) due to Plasmodium falciparum is a major cause of morbidity and mortality for women and their offspring, but is difficult to recognize and diagnose. During PM, parasites ...

Several new malaria drugs under development share a common feature: they promote an influx of sodium ions into Plasmodium parasites that have invaded red blood cells and multiply there. A study ...

Study: Efficient deep learning-based approach for malaria detection using red blood cell smears.Image Credit: cones/Shutterstock.com. Background. The World Health Organization report from 2015 ...

A new, comprehensive map of all the genes essential for blood infections in Plasmodium knowlesi (P. knowlesi), a parasite that causes malaria in humans, has been generated. The map contains the ...

VENLO, Netherlands, April 01, 2025--QIAGEN N.V. (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced the launch of the QIAprep&amp Plasmodium Kit and two companion assays to support malaria ...

Embargoed for release: Thursday, February 6, 2025, 2:00 PM ET. Key points: Comprehensive genetic mapping of Plasmodium knowlesi, a zoonotic parasite that causes malaria, has revealed the genes ...