Revealing the structure of malaria parasite crystals in unprecedented detail could lead to improved antimalarial drugs.
Much of the eradication effort is aimed at controlling the mosquitoes that, through their bites, transmit the malaria parasite—a single-celled organism belonging to the genus Plasmodium.
Cerebral malaria is one of a number of clinical syndromes associated with infection by human malaria parasites of the genus Plasmodium. The etiology of cerebral malaria derives from sequestration ...
Malaria is caused by a single-celled parasite of the genus Plasmodium. The parasite is transmitted to humans, most commonly through mosquito bites (see graphic). Parasites that cause malaria ...