Malaria is possibly the most serious infectious disease of humans, infecting 5–10% of the world's population, with 300–600 million clinical cases and more than 2 million deaths annually.

Malaria is a devastating disease, killing nearly a million children each year in Africa alone. There exists a real and urgent need for new antimalarial drugs that can meet the threat of acquired ...

Cerebral Malaria Pathogenesis Revisiting Parasite and Host Contributions. Georges Emile Raymond Grau; Alister Gordon Craig. Disclosures. Future Microbiol. 2012;7(2):291-302. In This Article.

Cerebral malaria is a dreadful disease transmitted by mosquito. The major preventive approach is focused more in vector control than development of anti-malarial drug. The purpose of this presentation ...

Severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria is a major cause of death in children. The contribution of the parasite burden to the pathogenesis of severe malaria has been controversial. Of the 882 ...

Sickle cells infected with malaria stained with green flourescent protein SCIENCE/AAAS. Two hemoglobin mutations, ... “It’s a great study,” said Rick Fairhurst, who studies malaria pathogenesis and ...

Malaria and yellow fever, he writes, ... In "Pathogenesis," Jonathan Kennedy challenges us to think big about the enduring impacts of infectious-disease outbreaks.

This article examines the pathogenesis of cerebral malaria, an often fatal consequence of malaria resulting from the presence of P. falciparum-infected erythrocytes in the brain microvasculature.