As a medical geographer who studies emerging pathogens and lives in Florida, I’ve noticed an interesting pattern throughout the past several months: more calls from journalists. Often, they will tell ...

A group of researchers is calling on colleagues around the world to join them in what they call 'pathogen prospecting' by tracking down archival specimens of mosquitoes in museums and other ...

"This study shows why the disease has been so difficult to contain." Researchers make concerning discovery about spread of avian malaria first appeared on The Cool Down.

With victims numbering in the millions, malaria is an infectious disease caused by the bite of a mosquito carrying the malaria parasite. After penetrating the skin, the pathogen moves with helical ...

Malaria is one of the most widespread and deadly infectious diseases worldwide. New compounds are continuously required due to the risk of malaria parasites becoming resistant to the medicines ...

A Hawai'i 'Amakihi, one of just 15 surviving bird species in the Hawaiian honeycreeper family, is a frequent reservoir for avian malaria. Originally, more than 50 distinct species of Hawaiian ...

Antibodies are immune proteins that our bodies produce to help fight off infection. Where they recognize and bind a pathogen — and how — can give important clues to the microbe’s vulnerabilities. Fred ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a health alert after five acquired cases of malaria have been detected in the U.S. in the last two months — including four cases in the ...

LMU parasitologists have shown how Toxoplasma recycles its cell envelope – and revealed an important difference to the malaria pathogen. According to estimates, about a third of the world’s population ...