Malaria is caused by a eukaryotic microbe of the Plasmodium genus, and is responsible for more deaths than all other parasitic diseases combined. In order to transmit from the human host to the ...

In the blood of its human host, a small number of asexually replicating Plasmodium falciparum parasites differentiate to initiate sexual development, i.e. gametocyte develop. Gametocyte development ...

Gametocytes are the sexual forms of Plasmodium falciparum that enable transmission from humans to mosquitoes. Unlike asexual blood stages, mature gametocytes sequester in tissues and exhibit reduced ...

Understanding how malaria parasites control the switch to gametocyte production is central to support the development of therapeutic interventions that could block malaria transmission. How malaria ...

Malaria parasites of the genus Plasmodium undergo a critical switch from asexual replication within the human host to sexual differentiation into male and female gametocytes. This process, known as ...

Scientists at Stockholm University and collaborators say they have used high-resolution genomic tools to map the global repertoire of genes of gametocyte development toward the male or the female ...

Malaria is caused by a eukaryotic microbe of the Plasmodium genus, and is responsible for more deaths than all other parasitic diseases combined. In order to transmit from the human host to the ...

Malaria parasites multiply asexually in the human bloodstream, thereby causing chronic infection and all the complications associated with this devastating disease. During each round of multiplication ...