Malaria is a global infectious disease that remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality
in the developing world. Multiple environmental and host and parasite factors govern the …

Background There has been a global decline in malaria transmission over the past decade.
However, not much is known of the impact of this observation on the burden of malaria …

Placental accumulation of Plasmodium falciparum infected erythrocytes results in maternal
anemia, low birth weight, and pregnancy loss. The parasite protein VAR2CSA facilitates the …

Placental malaria (PM) is a deadly syndrome most frequent and severe in first pregnancies.
PM results from accumulation of Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes (IE) that …

Extensive control efforts have significantly reduced malaria cases and deaths over the past
two decades, but in recent years, coupled with the COVID-19 pandemic, success has …

Babesia microti, an intraerythrocytic apicomplexan parasite, is the primary causative agent
of human babesiosis and an emerging threat to public health in the United States and …

This review aims to summarize the currently viable vaccine strategies including the
approved vaccines and the those in trials for next-generation malaria vaccines. Data on …

Malaria in pregnancy (MiP) poses a dangerous health risk to both mothers and their fetuses,
causing severe outcomes such as preterm delivery, intrauterine growth restriction …

The Plasmodium falciparum protein VAR2CSA allows infected erythrocytes to accumulate
within the placenta, inducing pathology and poor birth outcomes. Multiple exposures to …

Malaria is a devastating parasitic disease for which a vaccine is urgently needed. Seminal
studies in the 1940s demonstrated that a whole parasite malaria vaccine could induce …