Standardizing estimates of the Plasmodium falciparum parasite rate
The Plasmodium falciparum parasite rate (PfPR) is a commonly reported index of malaria transmission intensity. PfPR rises after birth to a plateau before declining in older children and adults

Genotype-specific interactions and the trade-off between host and parasite fitness
These results highlight the importance of host variation in the determination of parasite fitness traits.

Trichostatin A effects on gene expression in the protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica
This work represents the first genome-wide analysis of histone acetylation and its effects on gene expression in E. histolytica.

Giardia Genome Unlocked
Giardia lamblia, one of the most common human parasites in the United States, causes more than 20,000 intestinal infections a year, often through contact with contaminated drinking or swimming water.

Giardia Loses Its Hold On Intestinal Tissue After 'Tonic Shock'
Known in America chiefly as the bane of hikers, the single-celled intestinal parasite Giardia lamblia is a major cause of diarrheal illness worldwide

Sugar Identified As Key To Malaria Parasite Invasion
Researchers have identified a sugar in mosquitoes that allows the malaria-causing parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, to attach itself to the mosquito's gut.

"What makes a host profitable" parasites balance host nutritive resources against immunity"
Scientists based at the Universities of Glasgow, Scotland, and Lausanne, Switzerland, have shown that parasites balance host nutritive resources against immunity.

Progress in understanding the malarial parasite
About 2 million people die of malaria every year, of which more than a million are children in sub-Saharan Africa.

'Golden Bullet' Shows Promise For Killing Common Parasite
Researchers in Australia report development of a new type of gold nanoparticle that destroys the parasite responsible for toxoplasmosis

Toxoplasmosis Infection Trick Revealed By Scientists
Scientists have provided new insight into how the parasite which causes toxoplasmosis invades human cells.

Trypanosoma cruzi: amastigote polymorphism defined by monoclonal antibodies
The authors have raised monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) directed towards amastigote forms of Trypanosoma cruzi

Parameters affecting cellular invasion and escape from the parasitophorous vacuole by different infective forms of Trypanosoma cruzi
In this study the authors examined certain aspects of the process of cell invasion and parasitophorous vacuole escape by metacyclic trypomastigotes and extracellular amastigote forms of Trypanosoma cruzi

A Role for Extracellular Amastigotes in the Immunopathology of Chagas Disease
In spite of the growing knowledge obtained about immune control of Trypanosoma cruzi infection, the mechanisms responsible for the variable clinico-pathological expression of Chagas disease remain unknown.

Potent possibilities for parasite attack
New Leishmania genome sequences highlight gene targets for treatment development

Studies identify more effective treatment for malaria control during pregnancy in Africa
A review of previous studies indicates that two doses of a malaria preventive therapy during pregnancy provides substantial benefit to HIV-negative women in Africa, with more frequent dosing apparently necessary for HIV-positive women

Malaria-resistant mosquitoes battle disease with 'molecular warhead'
A team led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers has discovered why some mosquitoes are resistant to malaria, a finding that may one day help fight a disease that afflicts and kills millions of people.

CRESIB coordinates an international consortium to fight malaria caused by Plasmodium vivax
The CRESIB has today presented the research programme on malaria by Plasmodium vivax, a parasite causing over 70 million yearly cases of malaria in the world.

Outwitting pesky parasites
Across the southern United States, an invisible, yet deadly parasite known as the root-knot nematode is crippling soybean crops.

Identified mechanism in the malaria parasite to help it adapt to infected individuals
Research has been conducted on the genes of the parasite that play a role during the invasion of red blood cells, as these are very clear targets to develop vaccines against the disease

Novel approach for rapid identification and development of malaria vaccines
Malaria is the world's most frequent parasitic disease, affecting more than 100 countries in the tropical zones, mostly in Africa, and 40% of the world population, with more than a million deaths per year.