The feasibility of identifying parasite DNA and specific mRNAs from wild-caught Anopheles dirus mosquitoes was assessed using dried mosquito salivary glands preserved on filter paper. We were able to detect Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium vivax, Plasmodium malariae and Plasmodium knowlesi DNA by conventional PCR and, furthermore, detected P. falciparum gametocyte-specific genes, pfg377 and pf...

Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax malaria parasites are now resistant, or showing signs of resistance, to most drugs used in therapy. Novel chemical entities that exhibit new mechanisms of antiplasmodial action are needed. New antimalarials that block transmission of Plasmodium spp. from humans to Anopheles mosquito vectors are key to malaria eradication efforts. Although P. vivax causes a con...

The species-specific nested PCR previously described by Snounou and others, for detecting the four species of human malaria parasites, is evaluated in the current study testing 40 blood samples from malaria patients admitted during July-September, 2003, at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Thailand. Parasite DNA of each blood sample was extrac...

In October 2010, one case of autochthonous malaria due to Plasmodium vivax was diagnosed in Spain. The case occurred in Aragon, north-eastern Spain, where the vector Anopheles atroparvus is present. Although the source of infection could not be identified, this event highlights that sporadic autochthonous transmission of vector-borne diseases in continental Europe is possible and calls for enha...

The present study was undertaken to study the free radical activity in malaria patients suffering from plasmodium falciparum (n=14) and plasmodium vivax (n=21) against the healthy control subjects (n=25). Lipid peroxidation was assessed by measuring serum lipid peroxide in both groups of malaria patients by using Malondialdehyde as standard. The serum Ceruloplasmin is also studied along with se...

Malaria is a responsible for approximately 600 thousand deaths worldwide every year. Appropriate and timely treatment of malaria can prevent deaths but is dependent on accurate and rapid diagnosis of the infection. Currently, microscopic examination of the Giemsa stained blood smears is the method of choice for diagnosing malaria. Although it has limited sensitivity and specificity in field con...

Plasmodium vivax is not thought to be transmitted in western and central Africa, because of the very high prevalence of the red blood cell Duffy-negative phenotype in local populations, a condition which is thought to confer complete resistance against blood infection with P. vivax. There are, however, persistent reports of travelers returning from this region with P. vivax infections. To inves...

Malaria is a febrile mosquito borne infectious disease which caused by plasmodium. one of the most deadliest and serious tropical ever witnessed humanity. There are five species plasmodium reported to infect humans. Out falciparum has been be form A systemic self-study was planned analyze study current prevalence malaria globally. With application electronic databases we searched PubMed, Google...

Malaria is an infectious disease caused by the bite of female Anopheles mosquitoes. There are four species, namely, Plasmodium vivax, Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium ovale and Plasmodium malariae causing human malaria. The difference between P.vivax malaria and P. falciparum malaria is that a person suffering from P. vivax infection can suffer relapses of the disease. The effect of a time del...