Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

New link between malaria parasites and sickle hemoglobin identified

Some malaria parasites in sub-Saharan Africa have genetic variants that allow them to infect those with sickle hemoglobin, which is normally thought to give strong protection against the disease. The parasites may have adapted ...

Medications

The warning lights are on for malaria medicines in Africa

Reports of sporadic resistance to modern malaria drugs have begun appearing in recent years, and are now confirmed in Rwanda and Uganda. The Conversation Africa's Ina Skosana asked infectious diseases experts Deus Ishengoma ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

New insights into immunity to malaria in pregnancy

New Burnet Institute research has revealed the importance of specific proteins in the blood known as complement to clear infection and prevent malaria in pregnancy, a cause of severe disease and significant maternal, fetal, ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

WHO: No 'doomsday,' but malaria fight disrupted by pandemic

The World Health Organization said Monday that the global response to the longtime threat of malaria has taken a hit as the coronavirus pandemic disrupted health services in many countries, leading to tens of thousands more ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Unconventional T cells promote immunity to malaria

Monash University's Biomedicine Discovery Institute researchers have made a vital breakthrough in the understanding of a new facet of the immune response to malaria, which will help in the development of a vaccine.

Immunology

Scientists create a new best-in-class anti-malarial antibody

Longstanding and equally lethal infectious disease crises have continued unabated in the background of the COVID-19 pandemic. While the 2020 mortality data is still being assessed, malaria, which kills more than 400,000 people ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Africa pins hopes on 'breakthrough' malaria vaccine

A ground-breaking vaccine against malaria has stoked hopes in Africa of rolling back a disease that claims hundreds of thousands of lives a year, many of them youngsters.

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