Preventing human-to-mosquito transmission of malaria parasites provides possible
solutions to interrupt the malaria parasite life cycle for malaria elimination. The development …

Initiatives to eradicate malaria have a good impact on P. falciparum malaria worldwide. P.
vivax, however, still presents significant difficulties. This is due to its unique biological traits …

Onward transmission of Plasmodium falciparum from humans to mosquitoes is dependent
upon a specialised transmission stage called the gametocyte. Despite its critical role in …

Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease with a devastating global impact. Plasmodium vivax is
a major cause of human malaria beyond sub-Saharan Africa. Relapsing infections, driven by …

Background As the elimination of malaria in Mesoamerica progresses, detection of
Plasmodium vivax using light microscopy (LM) becomes more difficult. Highly sensitive …

Malaria parasites can adjust the proportion of parasites that develop into gametocytes, and
thus the probability for human-to-vector transmission, through changes in the gametocyte …

P. vivax is a significant global health problem. There have been recent developments in
understanding the complexity of P. vivax biology and optimization of antimalarial therapy …

Many Plasmodium spp. infections, both in clinical and asymptomatic patients, are below the
limit of detection of light microscopy or rapid diagnostic test (RDT). Molecular diagnosis by …

Although the overall burden of malaria is decreasing in Ethiopia, a recent report of an
unpredictable increased incidence may be related to the presence of community-wide …

Assessing elimination of malaria locally requires a surveillance system with high sensitivity
and specificity to detect its presence without ambiguity. Currently, the WHO standard criteria …