Binghamton University researchers investigate evolving malaria resistance
Scientists hope to understand how the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum evolved resistance to the once-effective medication chloroquine.

Discovery could help stop malaria at its source -- the mosquito
As summer temperatures cool in the United States, fewer mosquitoes whir around our tiki torches.

UGA researchers discover how human body fights off African parasite
Research could lead to new methods of controlling similar parasites that cause endemic diseases

Sugar identified as key to malaria parasite invasion
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute (JHMRI) have identified a sugar in mosquitoes that allows the malaria-causing parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, to attach itself to the mosquito's gut.

Dermatologists identify North Texas leishmaniasis outbreak
A team of dermatologists and dermatopathologists has identified nine North Texas cases of an infectious skin disease common in South America, Mexico and in the Middle East, where it is sometimes referred to as a "Baghdad boil."

Newly Identified Strains Of Chlamydia Trachomatis Could Produce New Diseases
A new study led by a scientist at Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute (CHORI) is the first to conclude that Chlamydia trachomatis is evolving at a rate faster than scientists first thought or imagined.

Genetic diversity of Plasmodium vivax in Kolkata, India
The genotyping protocols used in this study may be useful for differentiating re-infection from relapse and recrudescence in studies assessing of malarial drug efficacy in vivax malaria.

Silence Of The Amoebae: Scientists Render A Disease-causing Pathogen Harmless
News: Freedom of expression is great, but silence is golden -- at least when it comes to amoebae, which are intestine-dwelling parasites that cause life-threatening dysentery in many parts of the world.

Mammalian cell invasion and intracellular trafficking by Trypanosoma cruzi infective forms
The article focused on how amastigotes can invade mammalian cells with infectivities comparable to that of trypomastigotes. Differences in cellular responses induced by amastigotes and trypomastigotes regarding cytoskeletal components and actin-rich proje

Molecular basis of mammalian cell invasion by Trypanosoma cruzi
The article focused on the mechanisms of target cell invasion by metacyclic trypomastigotes and mammalian tissue culture trypomastigotes of Trypanosoma cruzi

Subversion Mechanisms by Which Leishmania Parasites Can Escape the Host Immune Response: a Signaling Point of View
This review has addressed some of the mechanisms by which Leishmania escapes host immune response by manipulating signaling pathways of the host macrophage.

Plasmodium ovale: Parasite and Disease
A review of Plasmodium ovale. Its life history, distribution, ultrastructure, relationship to some species, and other relevant studies...

Towards an understanding of the interactions of Trypanosoma cruzi and Trypanosoma rangeli within the reduviid insect host Rhodnius prolixus
This review outlines aspects on the developmental stages of Trypanosoma cruzi and Trypanosoma rangeli in the invertebrate host, Rhodnius prolixus.

The Entamoeba histolytica genome: something old, something new, something borrowed and sex too?
A short article about Entamoeba histolytica, an intestinal protozoan parasite of humans that causes amebic colitis and amebic liver abscess...

Mechanical Transmission of Human Protozoan Parasites by Insects
A minireview of synanthropic insects such as flies, cockroaches, and coprophagic beetles that make them efficient vectors and transmitters of human enteric protozoan parasites.

Movie spies on malaria parasite's sneaky behavior
Malaria has been outsmarting the human immune system for centuries. Now, using real-time imaging to track malaria infections in live mice, researchers have discovered one of the parasite's sneakiest tricks--using dead liver cells to cloak and transport it

Suppression of adaptive immunity to heterologous antigens during Plasmodium infection through hemozoin-induced failure of dendritic cell function
Plasmodium infection inhibits the induction of adaptive immunity to heterologous antigens by modulating DC function, according to this study.

Parasites Trigger Healthy Eating In Caterpillars
Some parasites trigger their own destruction by altering their hosts' behavior, researchers reports...

River Blindness Caused By Bacteria, Not Worms, Suggesting Antibiotic Treatment For The Disease, Researchers Report
River blindness, a devastating tropical disease is caused by parasitic worms. But, the worms themselves probably aren't the main culprits behind the disease, says an international team of scientists.

Scientists Step Closer To New Treatments For River Blindness
Veterinary scientists in Liverpool have found that some African cattle have natural immunity to a parasite, similar to that which causes River Blindness in humans.