Malaria symptoms occur once the parasite's asexual stages begin replicating inside red blood cells. However, these asexual forms must transform into male and female stages called gametocytes in order ...

Malaria is the most common infectious disease in the world, and infected over 225 million people in 2019 according to the World Health Organization. A majority of cases occur in a handful of countries ...

Parasites take an enormous toll on human and veterinary health. However, researchers may have found a way for patients with brain disorders and a common brain parasite to become frenemies. As a ...

More than two billion people around the world are infected with a brain parasite called Toxoplasma gondii. This parasite is primarily spread through cats and contaminated meat, yet the majority of ...

Malaria remains one of the biggest global public health challenges. It kills a young child every two minutes, more than any other infectious disease. Malaria parasites, of which Plasmodium falciparum ...