Sick’s scent
Characteristic skin odour associated with malaria is attractive to mosquitoes
Monthly Archives: April 2018
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 collection in Malaria Journal.
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 of a malaria free world. But how much do you know about one of humanity’s oldest diseases? Take our quiz to find out!
Parasitologists flock to Aberystwyth for Annual BSP Conference
Springing into action: scientists flock to Aberystwyth to discuss parasites (sometimes parasites and sheep!) at annual British Society for Parasitology Conference.
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 non-governmental organization (NGO), a Swiss academic institution, and several American global energy companies) has brought us closer than ever to demonstrating the public health utility of a vaccine against malaria: something thought previously to be impossible.
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 Pathogens has found that the time of day that hosts eat determines the timing of daily activities of their parasites.