Malaria is caused by one of the Plasmodium (P.) parasites carried by ... blood when the mosquito bites and re-starts the whole cycle.

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 ...

Cerebral malaria is one of a number of clinical syndromes associated with infection by human malaria parasites of the genus Plasmodium. The etiology of cerebral malaria derives from sequestration ...

"Our findings redefine the malaria life-cycle. Chronic malaria should be ... of parasites in the spleen was found with both major Plasmodium species causing malaria, but was particularly apparent ...

Malaria is caused by a eukaryotic microbe of the Plasmodium genus ... mosquito in order to initiate the unrelenting transmission cycle. “We have combined state-of-the-art single-cell genomics ...

In young children and pregnant women living in areas where the disease is endemic, a major cause of death is Plasmodium ... expression and the malaria parasite's life cycle progression." ...

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 ...