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 ...

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 is a serious parasitic disease and is carried to humans through mosquitoes infected with the protozoan parasite called Plasmodium ... globally since 2000. Life Cycle and Causes of Malaria ...

In this short film Dr Michael Mosley investigates the parasite Plasmodium that carries malaria ... beef cattle and humans to complete its life-cycle. Infested by Toxoplasma gondii.

Much is known about the microbes that cause the disease, tiny parasites of the genus Plasmodium, which have a complex life cycle involving several distinct phases and habitats. But, many details ...

(2012) The Activities of Current Antimalarial Drugs on the Life Cycle Stages of Plasmodium Life Cycle: A Comparative Study with Human and Rodent Parasites. PLoS Med 9(2): e1001169. doi:10.1371 ...

The tropical disease malaria is caused by the Plasmodium parasite ... more than half a million deaths per year. Malaria is a life-threatening disease. According to World Health Organization ...

Plasmodium vivax poses a particular challenge to malaria control because it can lie dormant in the liver and cause relapses weeks or months after the initial infection. In Pakistan, one of the ...