NIH researchers discovered new antibodies targeting a malaria parasite region not addressed by current vaccines. The most potent, MAD21-101, shows promise for prevention without compromising vaccine ...

Antibodies that bind to a previously untargeted portion of the malaria parasite could lead to new monoclonal antibody treatments and vaccines for malaria. A novel class of antibodies that binds to ...

Patients had acute respiratory infections — think COVID, flu or rhinoviruses — complicated by malaria as well as widespread malnutrition. "If there's a main message here it's strengthening ...

ON Oct 20, 2024, Egypt received a certificate from the World Health Organisation (WHO) declaring it malaria-free. A disease that once plagued the pharaohs is now history. Health experts noted that ...

FEW if any subjects bearing on the prosperity of tropical lands can be of greater importance than the effective control of those tropical diseases which have often proved barriers, sometimes ...

A severe form of malaria, presenting as a respiratory illness and exacerbated by malnutrition, has claimed over 140 lives in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Kwango province. Since October 2020 ...

Malaria has been identified as the likeliest cause of an illness that has killed more than 80 people in south-western Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa's main health agency said. Victims of the ...

This study reveals that the malaria parasite protein PfHO, although lacking typical heme oxygenase activity, is essential for the survival of Plasmodium falciparum. Structural and localization ...