Articles related to "Plasmodium Falciparum"

Mosquito nets and quinine offer little protection from this disease, which is endemic in Zambia.

We can become complacent when travelling to faraway places, where everything seems so pleasant. Yet lurking in lush, verdant, greenery and lily-strewn pools lies danger.

Researchers in Sweden and Uganda have discovered a long-suspected connection between Epstein-Barr virus, falciparum malaria, and Burkitt's lymphoma.

Even with new hope of a malaria vaccine within five years, there is no room for complacency while Plasmodium falciparum continues to kill so many of Africa's children.

Malaria kills almost a million a year. News from Nairobi that the RTSS malaria vaccine is now in its final trial stage brings hope for its introduction within five years.

The creation of malaria resistant mosquitoes using genetic modification has potential, but there are still problems to be solved before this technology can be used.

Artemisinin compounds are highly effective against malaria, but they're too expensive for most people. Use of cheap substitutes is leading to dangerous drug resistance.