An experimental drug zaps the malaria parasite at multiple stages of infection, tests in mice show. And it may have an important upside: it doesn’t appear prone to drug resistance, the Achilles’ heel ...

The conservative New England Journal of Medicine recently jumped on “the erroneous conception that malaria can be eradicated by means of a five-day treatment with the synthetic drug, atabrine.” ...

Individuals with a history of Plasmodium falciparum protozoan parasitic infection had a significantly increased long-term risk of developing heart failure but not myocardial infarction or ...

The parasite responsible for malaria is transmitted to the human being by the bite of a mosquito. The protozoan parasite has been known for more than a century and is more and more resistant to the ...

The evidence points towards the Gregarinida as a protozoan parasite group that could have been the progenitors of malaria, since they readily infect the insects that vector malaria today. Photo: ...

An inexpensive drug that has lost much of its punch against malaria over the past 20 years is showing signs of regaining its strength in the African nation of Malawi. But researchers warn that the ...

The main symptoms of malaria—fever, fatigue, aches and pain—usually appear 10 to 15 days after the parasite that causes the disease, a protozoan of the genus Plasmodium, is injected into the body by ...

Most pathogens mellow as they age. It’s enlightened self-interest, as the theory goes. Diminishing virulence is a superior strategy for survival. It doesn’t make much sense for a pathogen to rapidly ...

There are many kinds of infections that happen to human beings. People infected with different infections, react differently to diseases and symptoms caused by it. Some infections are common and ...