malaria

A gene which protects against malaria increases vulnerability to HIV infection by 40%, say scientists.

SAN ANTONIO -- A mutation that protects some blacks from malaria also makes them more easily infected by HIV, researchers here said.

Australian scientists say they have made a discovery that could be a major breakthrough in the fight against malaria.

More cases of the most dangerous type of malaria are being brought back to the UK from trips, official figures show.

(Research Australia) Malaria and dengue fever will be the early targets of new trans-Pacific research using minuscule "barcodes" to detect disease.

(University of Exeter) Researchers from the Universities of Exeter and Coventry have developed the first new technique for diagnosing malaria able to challenge the rapid diagnostic tests currently used in the field.

Early results suggest that the technique could be as effective as RDTs but far faster and cheaper. The team is now working on a noninvasive version of the device, which it plans to trial in Kenya later this year.

A generation after the first attempt failed, people are once more talking seriously about eradicating malaria.

New research out of the University of Toronto shows that not everyone who is bitten by a malaria-infected mosquito develops life threatening health problems.

About 35 percent of the world's population is at risk of contracting deadly malaria, but many people are at a lower risk than previously thought, raising hope that the disease could be seriously reduced or eliminated in parts of the world.

Malaria is a constant threat to US military personnel operating in Afghanistan, but some troops may face further risk, as epidemiologists have revealed a significant prevalence of contraindications to the safe use of the anti-malarial drug, mefloquine.