This article discuss the foundations for genetic linkage mapping and population association analysis of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. We review strategies of P. falciparum genetic ...

Plasmodium falciparum exhibits a tightly orchestrated intraerythrocytic cycle that aligns with host circadian rhythms, optimising parasite replication, transmission potential and evasion of immune ...

Conversion from the asexual to the sexual phase of the malaria parasite is necessary for its transmission to the mosquito. A study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) -- an ...

A previously unknown feature of the malaria parasite development has just been released by an international research team. Their study has shown that, contrary to what has been assumed so far, a ...

The parasites responsible for malaria seem to march to their own beat. The mystery behind the molecular basis of how these parasites synch their rhythm in replication to the host's clock-driven ...

When a person is bitten by an infected female Anopheles mosquito, sporozoites of malarial parasites are injected into the blood stream. Inside the blood, the sporozoites circulate before entering the ...

image: Gene expression within the apicoplast, an organelle in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum, is regulated by melatonin (the circadian signaling hormone) in host blood, and intrinsic ...

The parasites that cause malaria may march to the beat of their own drum. A malarial infection is a series of cyclical symptoms. Depending on the Plasmodium species involved, fever and chills return ...

Malaria is a life-threatening disease that is caused by unicellular eukaryotic parasites of the genus Plasmodium, with P. falciparum being responsible for the most severe form of human malaria. In the ...