It didn’t become part of vaccination programs in Africa until 2024. What if it had come faster? What if the…
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Malaria, one of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases, is caused by several species of single-celled parasites that are transmitted via…
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Tick-borne diseases like Lyme disease and babesiosis are spreading in the U.S. Ladislav Kubeš/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Ladislav…
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Read More » For the first time, the developmental stages of the deadliest human malaria parasite have been mapped in high resolution, allowing…
Read More » The length of telomeres in white blood cells, known as leukocytes, varies significantly among sub-Saharan African populations, researchers report May…
Read More » Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease caused by a parasite that spreads from bites of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes. If left…
Read More » A recent breakthrough sheds light on how the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, invades human red blood cells. The study, led…
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