Malaria is a vector-borne infectious disease caused by a protozoan parasite of the genus Plasmodium, which is transmitted from human to human by the bite of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes. This ...

Conversion from the asexual to the sexual phase of the malaria parasite is necessary for its transmission to the mosquito. A study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) -- an ...

Malaria. Image Credit: Christoph Burgstedt/Shutterstock.com Plasmodium species infecting humans share a similar life cycle. This life cycle consists of an initial development phase in the liver ...

Malaria is transmitted among humans by mosquitoes carrying sporozoite forms of protozoan Plasmodium species ... and completing the protozoan life cycle. Most antimalarial drugs currently in ...

Other important protozoa are the plasmodium species ... The pinworm Enterobius vermicularis has a different life cycle to the other nematodes. Pinworm larvae develop in eggs on the skin near ...

A study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) - an institution supported by "la Caixa" Foundation- reveals a new mechanism by which the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum ...