A new malaria vaccine is the first to offer "effective protection" against the blood-stage of the disease, a University of ...

The results of a clinical trial into a new malaria vaccine candidate (RH5.1/Matrix-MTM) show it is well-tolerated and offers ...

From the last malaria indicator survey, we found a prevalence of 22% among children less than 5 years old in the country.

Hopes new malaria vaccine can ‘significantly reduce’ deaths - The jab targets parasites after they pass through the liver and ...

Olugbenga Mokuolu is a professor of paediatrics at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital and the current Strategic ...

Identifying the germ that has so far caused 32 deaths in health facilities and 44 other deaths in the community in Panzi, a ...

for example malaria in travelers from countries without malaria with a parasite count of less than 2% infected red blood cells or less than 5% in people from malaria-endemic countries.

A red blood cell count is a blood test that your doctor ... and bloodborne parasites like malaria. If you have erythrocytosis, you may need a regular phlebotomy. This removes a small amount ...

Blood-stage malaria - when the parasite infects red blood cells - causes symptoms of the disease like fever and chills, and can lead to severe, life-threatening complications like anaemia and organ ...

Problems with getting vaccines to families have left many children unvaccinated and in danger of contracting the virus.

Gene Drives, Malaria and the Future of Nature.” Bold ideas in science research used to thrill us; now they seem pretty threatening. When I have written about the ethics of genetically engineered ...