The mosquitoes capable of spreading the parasites then are still present today. While the most important malaria mosquito in ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Health experts are ringing the alarm bell about a rare tick-borne disease slowly making it’s way into Virginia. The disease, called babesiosis, is commonly found in the ...

A molecular lab set up by the Kerala Health Department has diagnosed the state''s first case of amoebic meningoencephalitis, causing brain fever.

Despite increased malaria control efforts, recent reports indicate that over 1.2 million deaths due to malaria occurred in 2010. Pregnant women represent a particularly vulnerable risk group as ...

The clinical spectrum of intestinal E. histolytica infection ranges from an asymptomatic carrier state to severe invasive disease. Asymptomatic cyst carriage occurs with E. histolytica as well as ...

The evolutionary link between sickle-cell trait and malaria resistance showed that humans can and do adapt. But are the “bugs” that make us sick evolving as well? While malaria is the best ...

Antimicrobial resistance is the ability of microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi or protozoans to grow despite exposure to antimicrobial substances designed to inhibit their growth. Microbes can ...

EVERY two months, one of Eva Boniface’s three children falls ill with malaria, despite using a mosquito net. She is forced to spend extra money on medication and food when her children, aged nine, six ...

May 21, 2025 — Scientists have fabricated two bed netting prototypes targeting malaria-causing blood parasites. They designed netting systems to deliver antimalarial drugs called Endochin-like ...