This is the most common
malaria parasite in Africa, and it causes the most malaria-related deaths in the world.
The work also implicates phenoloxidases, an insect-specific immune response, in causing a secondary immune response directed at later stages of the
malaria parasite, he said.
Falade said the goal of malaria treatment is the elimination of the
malaria parasite in the blood stream and not the resolution of the symptoms of the disease.
Their research shows the drug works on mosquitos, killing the
malaria parasite in the insects and preventing it from being transmitted.
Summary: TEHRAN (FNA)- Researchers spent two years testing chemical compounds for their ability to inhibit the
malaria parasite at an earlier stage in its lifecycle than most current drugs, revealing a new set of chemical starting points for the first drugs to prevent malaria instead of just treating the symptoms.
Using a simple finger-prick test the children were also screened to determine if they had the
malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum in their blood.
"This could help prevent the spread of malaria to countries declared malaria-free and also ensure people, many of whom might be unaware they are infected with the
malaria parasite, receive antimalarial drug treatment."
Peyton's original experiments centered on modifying chloroquine, a widely used malaria drug to which the
malaria parasite had developed resistance, so that it no longer worked to cure the disease.
The study found that platelets bind to and kill parasites in patients infected with each of the major
malaria parasite species which infect and kill humans-Plasmodium falciparum, P.
Six human
malaria parasite species have been recognized during the past decade: Plasmodium falciparum, P.
'Our study advances earlier research that showed that children carrying the
malaria parasite, Plasmodium, are more attractive to malaria mosquitoes than their healthy counterparts.
gambiae mosquitos and explore the effects on
malaria parasite infection.
malaria parasite - parasitic protozoan of the genus Plasmodium that causes malaria in humans