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 ...

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 ...

Malaria is a mosquito-transmitted disease caused by plasmodium parasites. Each year, there are 200 million to 400 million cases of malaria resulting in more than 500,000 deaths, the majority of ...

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 ...