Researchers have developed devices to automate blood smears. Their devices, called autohaem smear and smear+, can consistently create high-quality smears equivalent to those created by human experts, ...

Catching malaria in the US is extremely rare, but when it happens, the mosquito-borne parasite can masquerade as another parasite that's regularly found in the country, leading to a misdiagnosis that ...

Local spread of malaria is rare but cases are growing. In 2023, 10 locally acquired cases were reported in patients who had not travelled outside the United States. Since the 1970s, rates of malaria ...

Testing the DNA of antimicrobial-resistant Plasmodium falciparum in the blood of travelers from malaria-endemic regions may help researchers monitor how drug resistance changes over time, a study from ...

When health officials are trying to control a disease outbreak, diagnostic tests can be a crucial tool that provides information about the spread of infection, and might help them to reduce or prevent ...

A recent breakthrough sheds light on how the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, invades human red blood cells. The study reveals the role of a sugar called sialic acid in this invasion process.

An investigational malaria vaccine given intravenously was well-tolerated and protected a significant proportion of healthy adults against infection with Plasmodium falciparum malaria--the deadliest ...

WASHINGTON, January 18, 2022 – One of the key steps in diagnosing or treating many bloodborne diseases is to perform a blood smear, where a drop of blood is spread across a microscope slide for ...