Malaria
Malaria is a dangerous condition caused by Plasmodium parasites. Malaria is transmitted from infected female Anopheles mosquitoes. Malaria manifests with flu-like symptoms, including fever, headache, chills, and vomiting. If not treated promptly and adequately, it can lead to severe complications and death. The disease is preventable and curable, with prevention strategies including insecticide-treated mosquito nets, indoor residual spraying with insecticides, and antimalarial drugs. Despite global efforts to control and eliminate malaria, it remains a significant public health challenge, particularly in regions with high transmission rates.
Malaria
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Research shows efficacy of malarial drug Chloroquine in treating Zika infection
Zika virus remains a major global health risk. In most adults, Zika causes mild flu-like symptoms. But in pregnant women, the virus can cause serious birth defects in babies including microcephaly a neurological condition in which newborns…
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Malaria drug Chloroquine helps fight treatment resistant brain cancer
After her brain cancer became resistant to chemotherapy and then to targeted treatments, 26-year-old Lisa Rosendahl’s doctors gave her only a few months to live. Now a paper published in the journal eLife describes a new drug…
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Novel diagnostic test for malaria using holographic imaging and artificial intelligence using deep learning
Duke researchers have devised a computerized method to autonomously and quickly diagnose malaria with clinically relevant accuracy — a crucial step to successfully treating the disease and halting its spread. In 2015 alone, malaria infected 214 million…
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New vaccine targets found for Plasmodium vivax Malaria
Researchers have identified potential vaccine targets in the Duffy binding protein of Plasmodium vivax, a major step towards developing a vaccine against a malaria strain that infected over 13 million people last year. This discovery, made by…
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