Pregnancy malaria (PM) due to Plasmodium falciparum ... During PM, parasites typically sequester in the placenta, whereas peripheral blood smears often appear negative. In addition, many infected ...

Scientists have unveiled a new tool for studying the highly variable traits that allow malaria parasites to stick to red blood cells and ... family called "P. falciparum erythrocyte membrane ...

Cytoadhesion refers to the process by which red blood cells infected with malaria parasites attach ... approach for generating Plasmodium falciparum parasite lines that express specific variants ...

which is Giemsa stained and examined under oil immersion for the presence of malaria parasites in red blood cells. Thick blood smears concentrate dehemoglobinized red blood cells to improve ...

A new malaria vaccine achieves ... infected with the unattenuated P. falciparum strain 3D7 (Pf3D7). Primary outcomes included adverse event frequency and blood-stage parasitemia, assessed via ...