The parasite Plasmodium falciparum is responsible for hundreds of millions of cases of malaria, and kills more than one million African children annually. Here we report an analysis of the genome ...

Mali: A phase 2 randomized controlled trial published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases has revealed that a multistage malaria vaccine provided encouraging protection against controlled human malaria ...

Plasmodium falciparum is responsible for the most virulent form of human malaria. This protozoan parasite spends part of its lifecycle inside the red blood cells (RBCs) of its host. The mature human ...

Malaria vaccine shows over 50% efficacy in adults following controlled human malaria infection, supporting further trials in children.

The evolutionary path of the deadliest human malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, has been revealed for the first time. This parasite is a member of the Laverania parasite family that only infect ...

KAE609 (cipargamin; formerly NITD609, Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases) is a new synthetic antimalarial spiroindolone analogue with potent, dose-dependent antimalarial activity against asexual ...

Thought LeadersProfessor Karine Le RochDirector of the Center for Infectious Disease and Vector ResearchUniversity of California, Riverside As part of World Malaria Day 2022, we interview Karine Le ...

Scientists have identified the regional character to Plasmodium falciparum across Africa. Malaria, infecting 219 million individuals in 2017, remains a threat to public health and regional stability.

Malaria continues to place a substantial burden on many emerging economies, contributing to significant loss of life, ...

Australian researchers have worked with global phamarceutical company MSD to co-develop a new antimalarial drug candidate designed to address the growing challenge of drug resistance and potentially ...

Several million years ago, Plasmodium falciparum – the parasite that causes most cases of human malaria – jumped into humans from other apes. We’ve known as much for decades but for all this time, ...