Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New malaria treatment gets first approval for use in children in Australia
A new drug that can cure a certain type of malaria was approved in Australia on Monday for kids and teens.
Mar 14, 2022
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Study points to novel method of detecting complications caused by P. vivax in malaria patients
In an article published in the journal eLife, researchers at the University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, describe a novel strategy for detecting imbalances and complications in patients infected ...
Dec 23, 2021
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Second most common malaria parasite takes unrealized toll on human health
The malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax (P. vivax) causes frequent, chronic infections that represent a major unrecognized burden on global health, according to a review by Kevin Baird of the Eijkman-Oxford Clinical Research ...
Oct 7, 2021
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Global costs of Plasmodium vivax malaria estimated for the first time
Plasmodium vivax malaria is a mosquito-borne illness that causes significant morbidity. However, the household and healthcare provider costs of the disease are unknown. A new study published in the open-access journal PLOS ...
Jun 1, 2021
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Hidden malaria life cycle discovered in the spleen
Groundbreaking studies published today in the New England Journal of Medicine and PLOS Medicine have found large numbers of malaria parasites hiding in the human spleen where they actively multiply in a previously unrecognized ...
May 27, 2021
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A PLOS Medicine Collection on Plasmodium vivax—a neglected cause of malaria
Strenuous efforts to prevent and treat malaria in recent decades have brought great benefits, particularly against disease caused by Plasmodium falciparum in countries in Africa and the Americas. But malaria caused by its ...
Apr 23, 2021
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One minute diagnostic found superior to standard tests for P. vivax malaria
Results of a clinical study conducted by researchers in Manaus, Brazil, show that the Gazelle Malaria test outperformed Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDTs) and was nearly as accurate as more expensive and time-consuming expert ...
Mar 15, 2021
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CRISPR-based malaria testing on the fly
To achieve the goal of eradicating malaria set by the World Health Organization (WHO)'s Global Malaria Control Programme, it is critical that all local transmission of malaria parasites in defined geographic areas is eliminated. ...
Sep 21, 2020
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Medical research
Proof-of-concept developed for detecting malaria parasites in India
A new approach could illuminate a critical stage in the life cycle of one of the most common malaria parasites. The approach was developed by scientists at Kyoto University's Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences ...
Jul 3, 2020
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The malaria parasite P. vivax can remain in the spleen upon expression of certain proteins
The malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax can adhere to human spleen cells through the expression of so-called variant proteins. These are the conclusions of a study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global health (ISGlobal). ...
May 18, 2020
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