Tag: Plasmodium-vivax

• New vaccine targets found for Plasmodium vivax Malaria

  Thousands died and more than 13 million people fell ill with malaria caused by the parasite Plasmodium vivax last year. There is no vaccine for the disease, partly because multiple strains of P. vivax circulate globally, making it difficult to develop a vaccine. Now, researchers studying a protein crucial for the parasite’s survival have found…

  Sreeram Penna

  October 5, 2016