In their infection cycle, malaria parasites undergo replication and population expansions
within the vertebrate host and the mosquito vector. Host infection initiates with sporozoite …

Malaria is one of the most life-threatening infectious diseases worldwide. Immunity to
malaria is slow and short-lived despite the repeated parasite exposure in endemic areas …

Highlights•Arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi are likely fatty acid auxotrophs.•Plants maintain an
arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM)-specific lipid biosynthesis pathway.•Independent experimental …

Vector-borne illnesses comprise a significant portion of human maladies, representing 17%
of global infections. Transmission of vector-borne pathogens to mammals primarily occurs …

The gut microbiota is a crucial modulator of Plasmodium infection in mosquitoes, including
the production of anti-Plasmodium effector proteins. But how the commensal-derived …

Many mosquito species, including the major malaria vector Anopheles gambiae, naturally
undergo multiple reproductive cycles of blood feeding, egg development and egg laying in …

The causative agent of malaria, Plasmodium, replicates inside a membrane-bound
parasitophorous vacuole (PV), which shields this intracellular parasite from the cytosol of the …

Transmission of malaria parasites occurs when a female Anopheles mosquito feeds on an
infected host to acquire nutrients for egg development. How parasites are affected by …

Parasites undergo complex life cycles that comprise a wide variety of cellular differentiation
events in different host compartments and transmission across multiple hosts. As parasites …

Host-directed therapy (HDT) is gaining traction as a strategy to combat infectious diseases
caused by viruses and intracellular bacteria, but its implementation in the context of parasitic …