World Malaria Day: interview with Dr. Marcus Lacerda
To mark this year’s World Malaria Day BMC spoke to noted researcher Dr. Marcus Lacerda about the malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax and his work on a new article… Read more »
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World Malaria Day Quiz 2018
Every year, April 25th marks World Malaria Day. This year's theme is "Ready to beat malaria" which aims to unite the global malaria community around the common goal… Read more »
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The Equatorial Guinea Malaria Vaccine Initiative – capacity building in a malaria vaccine program
A unique partnership among institutions (an African government, an American bio-pharmaceutical company, an American… Read more »
Hungry parasites: when hosts eat, perhaps their parasites do too?
If you want to control your parasite infection, the time that you eat may be the answer. Research recently published in PLoS… Read more »
Volunteering to be parasitized; what would you do for science?
Roestenberg and colleagues at Leiden University Medical Center are undertaking a controversial yet highly interesting study;… Read more »
Manipulating malaria immunity in Anopheline mosquitoes
An exciting new model for investigating gene function in mosquitoes and supporting evidence for the role of FREP1 in… Read more »
Giardiasis from Proteomics to Pathogenesis
To win the fight against parasitic diahorreal disease, the molecular detail of pathogenesis must be understood. Three recent… Read more »
Ant-tick antics: red wood ants could help to reduce tick numbers in forests
If you want to control tick numbers, promoting red wood ants may be the answer. Research recently published in Parasites &… Read more »
The timing and the tools for tallying up trematodes: diagnosing and quantifying the burden of intestinal schistosomiasis.
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