In previous work, the same lab identified a peptide that binds to mosquito epithelia. An excess of peptide can swamp out parasite–epithelial interactions, thus preventing the parasite from ...

Vega-Rodriguez and his team wanted to explore how mosquito saliva dampened blood clotting within the insect and the role that this played in parasite transmission. Blood clotting and the subsequent ...

People are to be sent to mainland Europe to be deliberately infected with a form of malaria so scientists can study its effects. Researchers from the Oxford Vaccine Group want to understand more about ...

Recent research reveals Zika virus modifies host odors, making infected individuals more attractive to mosquitoes, impacting ...

It’s widely known that malaria is spread by mosquitoes. But how often do you get to see the mechanics of that process up close? Here, you can see red malaria parasites in a single drop of mosquito ...

Caption Mosquitoes (left) inject malaria parasites (top middle) into skin. The parasites move very rapidly (bottom middle left) using a protein that is very similar to the one our cells (lower ...

Typically, the malaria parasite is transferred to humans by a bite. The mosquito uses its long, needle-like mouth (called a proboscis) to pierce the skin, injecting its saliva into the bloodstream ...

(Larners et al., New England Journal of Medicine, 2024) "These crippled parasites are administered through a mosquito bite and reach the human liver as usual," says vaccinologist Meta Roestenberg ...

A team of scientists at the University of Nottingham, have uncovered how the parasite that causes malaria ... is an unmistakable sign that a female mosquito is out on the hunt—for they, not ...

Researchers at Johns Hopkins are in need of healthy adult male volunteers with type O+ blood to help the researchers study malaria parasites and sustain mosquito colonies used in crucial research ...