Falciparum Malaria Symptoms in the News

Danish researchers develop rapid malaria test that detects all human strains
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The parasites are spread to people through the bites of infected Anopheles mosquitoes, called "malaria vectors", which bite mainly between dusk and dawn. There are four parasite species that cause malaria in humans: Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium …
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Hope for effective new malaria treatment
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Dr Matthew Fuchter from Imperial College London spoke about the importance of finding new treatments, and the new weakness in the parasite that both teams discovered: 'Plasmodium falciparum causes 90 per cent of malaria deaths, and its ability to …
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Saving a Program That Saves Lives
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In recent years, some progress has been made against malaria, which is caused by a parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, that is transmitted to humans by mosquitoes. The world spends roughly a billion dollars a year trying to contain the disease — mostly …
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Any Hope in Scaling Hurdles in Malaria Eradication?
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RTS,S aims to trigger the immune system to defend against Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasite when it first enters the human host's bloodstream and/or when the parasite infects liver cells. It is designed to prevent the parasite from infecting …
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