Plasmodium—a brief introduction to the parasites causing human malaria and their basic biology

S Sato - Journal of physiological anthropology, 2021 - Springer
Malaria is one of the most devastating infectious diseases of humans. It is problematic
clinically and economically as it prevails in poorer countries and regions, strongly hindering …

Yellow fever outbreak in Brazil: the puzzle of rapid viral spread and challenges for immunisation

C Possas, R Lourenço-de-Oliveira, PL Tauil… - Memórias do Instituto …, 2018 - SciELO Brasil
We discuss the complex eco-social factors involved in the puzzle of the unexpected rapid
viral spread in the ongoing Brazilian yellow fever (YF) outbreak, which has increased the …

Zoonotic spillover: Understanding basic aspects for better prevention

JH Ellwanger, JAB Chies - Genetics and Molecular Biology, 2021 - SciELO Brasil
The transmission of pathogens from wild animals to humans is called “zoonotic spillover”.
Most human infectious diseases (60-75%) are derived from pathogens that originally …

Malaria: what's new in the management of malaria?

K Plewes, SJ Leopold, HWF Kingston… - Infectious Disease …, 2019 - id.theclinics.com
Malaria affected an estimated 216 million people causing 445,000 deaths in 2016. 1 This
reduced burden of disease and death is a result of more than a century of worldwide effort …

Achieving global malaria eradication in changing landscapes

KM Fornace, AV Diaz, J Lines, CJ Drakeley - Malaria journal, 2021 - Springer
Land use and land cover changes, such as deforestation, agricultural expansion and
urbanization, are one of the largest anthropogenic environmental changes globally. Recent …

Plasmodium Genomics and Genetics: New Insights into Malaria Pathogenesis, Drug Resistance, Epidemiology, and Evolution

X Su, KD Lane, L Xia, JM Sá… - Clinical microbiology …, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
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 …

Why Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum are so different? A tale of two clades and their species diversities

AA Escalante, AS Cepeda, MA Pacheco - Malaria Journal, 2022 - Springer
The global malaria burden sometimes obscures that the genus Plasmodium comprises
diverse clades with lineages that independently gave origin to the extant human parasites …

Application of machine and deep learning algorithms in optical microscopic detection of Plasmodium: A malaria diagnostic tool for the future

C Ikerionwu, C Ugwuishiwu, I Okpala, I James… - Photodiagnosis and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Machine and deep learning techniques are prevalent in the medical discipline due
to their high level of accuracy in disease diagnosis. One such disease is malaria caused by …

Malaria and leishmaniasis: Updates on co-infection

U Ornellas-Garcia, P Cuervo… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Malaria and leishmaniasis are endemic parasitic diseases in tropical and subtropical
countries. Although the overlap of these diseases in the same host is frequently described …

Ape origins of human malaria

PM Sharp, LJ Plenderleith… - Annual review of …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
African apes harbor at least twelve Plasmodium species, some of which have been a source
of human infection. It is now well established that Plasmodium falciparum emerged following …