Protozoan Plasmodium parasites are the causative agents of malaria, a deadly disease that
continues to afflict hundreds of millions of people every year. Infections with malaria …

After a successful invasion, malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum extensively remodels
the infected erythrocyte cellular architecture, conferring cytoadhesive properties to the …

Malaria is a vector-borne disease of global importance, with the vast majority of its life-
threatening cases caused by infection with Plasmodium falciparum parasites. Repeated …

Cerebral malaria is a lethal complication of malaria infection characterized by central
nervous system dysfunction and is often not effectively treated by antimalarial combination …

Glycophorins are heavily glycosylated sialoglycoproteins of human and animal erythrocytes.
In humans, there are four glycophorins: A, B, C and D. Glycophorins play an important role in …

Understanding how ABO blood group interacts with Plasmodium falciparum (P. falciparum)
infection may facilitate development of antimalarial treatments and vaccines. This study …

Despite advances in our understanding of malarial pathogenesis much remains unknown.
Antimalarial agents eradicate parasites but no treatments are available to prevent or …

Malaria is a vector-borne disease that involves multiple parasite species in a variety of
ecological settings. However, the parasite species causing the disease, the prevalence of …

In the progression of the life cycle of Plasmodium falciparum, a small proportion of asexual
parasites differentiate into male or female sexual forms called gametocytes. Just like their …

During its intraerythrocytic development, the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum
exposes variant surface antigens (VSAs) on infected erythrocytes to establish and maintain …