Scientists are exploring new ways to combat malaria, a deadly disease spread through mosquito bites. A recent study shows promising results with a new vaccine strategy using genetically modified ...

Indiana University School of Medicine scientists have uncovered new evidence that changes in the gut bacteria of African ...

A molecular quality-control system in Anopheles mosquitoes—the species responsible for most of the world’s malaria cases—is a promising target for future malaria-control strategies, according to a ...

Researchers found a highly effective combination of antimalarial chemical compounds that killed parasites. Adding the compounds to bed nets blocked parasite transmission in mosquitoes without killing ...

Outsmarting insecticide resistance: How one genetic edit in mosquitoes self-propagates across generations, cutting malaria transmission to near zero without harming survival. Anopheles mosquito larva ...

Explore Laveran's groundbreaking discovery of the malaria parasite and its lasting impact on infectious disease research and ...

It’s widely known that malaria is spread by mosquitoes. But how often do you get to see the mechanics of that process up close? Here, you can see red malaria parasites in a single drop of mosquito ...

A once-vanquished disease spread by mosquitoes may be making inroads into the United States. New Jersey officials are now investigating whether a resident’s malaria infection was locally acquired. The ...

What am I looking at? This is a colored scanning electron microscopy image of a human red blood cell infected with the parasite that causes malaria. The infected cell is blue (1), and the uninfected ...