Accurate diagnosis of malaria is essential for identification and subsequent treatment of the
disease. Currently, microscopy and rapid diagnostic tests are the most commonly used …

Malaria is a serious public health problem that affects mostly the poorest countries in the
world, killing more than 400,000 people per year, mainly children under 5 years old. Among …

Background Planning and evaluating malaria control strategies relies on accurate definition
of parasite prevalence in the population. A large proportion of asymptomatic parasite …

Plasmodium vivax malaria was thought to be rare in Africa, but an increasing number of P.
vivax cases reported across Africa and in Duffy-negative individuals challenges this dogma …

Abstract Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) is a vector of many pathogens and
parasites of humans, as well as domestic and wild animals. In urban and semi-urban Asian …

Abstract Systems biology approaches that are based on gene expression and bioinformatics
analysis have been successful in predicting the functions of many genes in Plasmodium …

Protozoan parasites of the Trypanosomatidae family can cause devastating diseases in
humans and animals, such as Human African Trypanosomiasis or Sleeping Sickness …

Developing ultrasensitive methods capable of detecting submicroscopic parasitemia—a
challenge that persists in low transmission areas, asymptomatic carriers, and patients …

Unlike bacteria and fungi, identification of helminths by gene sequencing is not well-
standardized. No “pan-cestode” or “pan-nematode” PCR primers are available. In this study …

Sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P), a bioactive lipid mediator is involved in an array of
biological processes and linked to pathological manifestations. Erythrocyte is known as the …