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Persistent Parasite Proteins: How Protein Clearance in Malaria Infection Can Impact Diagnostics

April 23, 2019

Finding new treatments for infectious diseases is often the focus of clinical research, but recent research has demonstrated the importance of both developing and improving diagnostic tools in the fight against malaria. Malaria is a disease caused by the parasite Plasmodium falciparum, and mosquitoes spread it. In 2017, there were over 219 million cases of […]

Rachel Evans ⋅ Perspectives in Research Bloomberg School of Public Health, diagnostics, malaria, mosquito ⋅

Visualizing the Salivary Gland of a Mosquito

January 27, 2016

Buzzing. Biting. Itchiness. Mosquitoes can be annoying but can also be a carrier of many diseases, including malaria. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 198 million cases of malaria were estimated to have occurred and 500,000 died of the disease worldwide in 2013. Most of these cases are caused by malaria parasites […]