which is Giemsa stained and examined under oil immersion for the presence of malaria parasites in red blood cells. Thick blood smears concentrate dehemoglobinized red blood cells to improve ...

Under the microscope a malaria parasite can actually be seen literally crawling inside of people’s red blood cells. In order to survive, the malaria parasite has to break down a part of the red blood ...

The parasite that causes malaria requires precise control of gene expression to progress through the various stages of its ...

Now, in a study published Friday (July 15) in Cell Metabolism, researchers describe the complicated tug-of-war between host and parasite that appears to explain malaria-associated hypoglycemia.

Two studies show that Plasmodium—the genus of protozoans that cause malaria—have an internal sense of time that synchronizes with their host’s circadian rhythms and allows the parasites to ...

A new, comprehensive map of all the genes essential for blood infections in Plasmodium knowlesi (P. knowlesi), a parasite that causes malaria in humans, has been generated by researchers at Harvard ...

To confirm the existence of the malaria parasite and establish the kind of malaria, medical experts will use diagnostic tests such as a blood smear or quick diagnostic test. Step 2- Maintaining ...

Resistance to antimalarial drugs is a growing concern with research indicating that resistance to first-line treatments has ...

Their red blood cells, containing some abnormal hemoglobin, tend to sickle when they are infected by the malaria parasite. Those infected cells flow through the spleen, which culls them out ...

The emergence of drug-resistant parasites thwarts efforts to control human malaria. How can we understand ... abundance of merozoites in the patients' blood, very few of these produce gametocytes ...