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2 days ago · The life cycle of malaria parasites: Sporozoites are introduced by a mosquito bite. When they reach the liver, they multiply into thousands of merozoites. The merozoites infect red blood cells and replicate, infecting more and more red blood cells.
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Malaria is an infectious disease caused by a parasite: it is...
- Plasmodium
Plasmodium is a genus of unicellular eukaryotes that are...
- Malaria Prophylaxis
Malaria prophylaxis is the preventive treatment of...
- Malaria Vaccine
Malaria vaccines are vaccines that prevent malaria, a...
- Malaria Antigen Detection Tests
Malaria antigen detection tests are a group of commercially...
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4 days ago · Some population groups are at considerably higher risk of contracting malaria and developing severe disease: infants, children under 5 years of age, pregnant women and patients with HIV/AIDS, as well as people with low immunity moving to areas with intense malaria transmission such as migrant workers, mobile populations and travelers. Dengue Fever.
6 days ago · The maximum temperature for parasite development is 40°C. Below 18°C, the life cycle of P. falciparum in the mosquito body is limited. The minimum temperatures are between 14–19°C, with P. vivax surviving at lower temperatures than P. falciparum.
3 days ago · To do so, however, scientists must target different life cycle stages of the P. falciparum parasite, the deadliest species of the Plasmodium blood parasite that causes malaria.
2 days ago · The development of a highly efficacious malaria vaccine has been challenging, owing to the complex life cycle of malaria-causing parasites. The life cycle of Plasmodium spp. can be categorized into three distinct stages: the pre-erythrocytic, asexual blood stage, and sexual stages.
2 days ago · Background Mosquitoes of the Anopheles gambiae complex are one of the major vectors of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa. Their ability to transmit this disease of major public health importance is dependent on their abundance, biting behaviour, susceptibility and their ability to survive long enough to transmit malaria parasites. A deeper understanding of this behaviour can be exploited for ...
2 days ago · Differences in sugar concentrations and/or availability to the mosquito have also been shown to affect some parasite life history traits, especially for Anopheles mosquitoes infected with the unicellular, eukaryotic microparasites of the genus Plasmodium ; these parasites are the etiological agent of malaria, a disease that continues to extract ...
