Research could pave the way to new anti-malarials that work by “jet-lagging” the parasites that cause the disease. DURHAM, N.C. -- Health officials warn that drug resistance could wipe out recent ...

Scientists in the U.S. are developing a laser gun that could kill millions of mosquitoes in minutes. The laser, which has been dubbed a "weapon of mosquito destruction" fires at mosquitoes once it ...

"It was a very clever and novel idea by Dr. Catteruccia and her colleagues to incorporate anti-malarial drugs into bed nets and then to see if the mosquitoes would land on the nets and take up the ...

one of the major species of malaria parasites. Malaria is a parasitic infection caused by any one of four protozoan species of the genus Plasmodium. In addition to P. vivax, the other three are P.

Health officials warn that drug resistance could wipe out recent progress against malaria, particularly in Africa and southeast Asia. Now, researchers looking for other ways to fight the ...

The next global health crisis might not be another pandemic caused by a novel respiratory ... can carry both types of malaria parasites, Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax.

Until 1880, when French physician Charles Laveran discovered malarial parasites, no one knew the organism responsible for malaria. Before then, it was widely believed that malaria was caused by ...

Malaria is a serious and sometimes life-threatening disease caused by Plasmodium parasites that are transmitted to humans through the bite of infected Anopheles female mosquitoes, says Dr. Tun.

You’ll be directed to take the drugs before, during, and anywhere from 1 to 4 weeks after traveling to a malaria-prone area. This is because the parasites that cause the disease can linger in ...